THE NINE PARTS

OF SPEECH

5G Mrs. Joanna
 NOUN
A person, place or thing.

For example: a student, the mall or a

sandwich.
ADJECTIVE
A word that describes a
noun.
…as in great or small,
pretty, white or brown.
 Pronoun
A word that replaces a noun in
a sentence.
 Verb
A word describing an action,
state or occurrence.
…to read or write, sing,
jump or run.
 Adverb
a word used to modify a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb. They
usually, but not always, end in –ly.
…slowly, rapidly, badly or sadly.
There are, however, many common
adverbs that do not end in -ly, such
as again, also, just, never, often, soon,
today, too, very, and well.
Conjunction
A word used to connect
sentences together.
…as in men and women,
wind or weather.

Con
junc
tions
 Preposition
A word used to show a relationship
between the noun and pronoun in a
sentence.
…as in through a window or
under the crown.
 Interjection
a word or cry (as “ouch”) expressing
sudden or strong feeling.
…as in oh how stupid, ah,
how wise.
 Articles
Three little words you often see..

…are articles a, an
and the.
 9 Parts of Speech:
1.Noun
2.Adjective
3.Pronoun
4.Verb
5.Adverb
6.Conjunction
7.Preposition
8.Interjection
9.articles
Noun Challenge
Remember, a noun is the name of
anything, like a school or garden, slide
or swing.
Can you write one noun for
each letter of the alphabet?
e.g
A=apple
Z=zebra
Adjective Challenge
Remember, an adjective describes the
kind of noun. Can you write a suitable
one to go with each of these?

grass princess
dog river
witch lemonade
worm fire
tree giant
door soldier
Pronoun Challenge
Remember, pronouns can replace
nouns, with words like he and you
and they and it.
Here are some more pronouns. Can
you write some interesting sentences
using two or more of them?

she him we them I me

us ours yours mine theirs
Verb Challenge
Remember, verbs tell of something
being done; to read or write, sing,
jump or run.
How many verbs can you find
beginning with these 12
letters?
a b d f h j
l m p r t w
Adverb Challenge
Remember, how when and where the
adverbs tell, as in slowly still, or now or
well.
Here are some more adverbs.
Can you write a funny sentence
including each of them?
quickly fiercely clearly soon
here yesterday tomorrow everywhere
Conjunction challenge
Remember, conjunctions join words and
sentences together as in men and
women/ wind or weather.
Here are some more conjunctions. Can
you write an interesting sentence
including each of the words provided?
if because while
but when although
preposition challenge
Remember, prepositions come before
the noun, as in through a window or
under the table.
Here are some more prepositions.
Can you write an amusing sentence
including each of them?
on by between under
for at with to
interjection challenge
Remember, an interjection shows surprise as in
“Oh how stupid” or “Ah, how wise”.

Here are some more interjections.

Eh ugh hey oh ah
Can you put one of each at the beginning of these sentences.
You can use some of your own if you can think of any.
“______ speak up I can’t hear you!”
“______ I don’t like this food!”
“______ don’t leave me behind!”
“______ what a beautiful sight!”
“______ it’s good to see you again!”
 article challenge
Remember, you often see the articles a, an
and the in sentences.
Can you fit the correct one into these
sentences? And do you know the rule
concerning the use of ‘a’ and ‘an’?
I fell asleep and missed ______ last bus home.
My friend has ______imaginary elephant for a pet!
I’m so excited about my birthday I have not slept
for ______week.