Parts of Speech Teaching Resources
Teach students the parts of speech this school year with printable worksheets, descriptive language activities, sorting games and more primary school teaching resources designed to help extend and improve your students' understanding of nouns, verbs, adjectives and more.
This extensive collection of teaching resources has been created by teachers for teachers like you. Aligned to the Australian curriculum, the collection includes editable worksheets and teaching presentations and more to save primary teachers time on lesson planning.
Created by expert teachers, each resource in this English collection has been carefully reviewed and curated by our team. That means it's ready to use in the classroom! You'll even find editable resources, plus differentiated options.
New to teaching parts of speech, or just looking for fresh ways to engage your students? Read on for a primer from our teaching team!
What Is a Part of Speech? Kid-Friendly Definition
Teaching parts of speech? Here's a way to explain what they mean to your students in a kid-friendly manner.
A part of speech is a word we use to describe certain types of words based on how they function in sentences. When we can categorise words according to their part of speech, we know which grammatical rules to use with them.
How Many Parts of Speech Are There?
There are eight different parts of speech within the English language. These include:
- Noun — A word that represents a person, place or thing
- Pronoun —A word that is used in place of a noun such as 'he' or 'I'
- Adjective — A word that describes a noun or pronoun
- Verb — A word that expresses action or a state of being
- Adverb —A word that describes a verb, adjective or other adverb
- Preposition — A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence
- Conjunction —A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence, such as 'and' or 'but'
- Interjection — A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion or surprise, such as 'Wow'
Fun Activities for Teaching Parts of Speech
This collection is full of fun activities designed to engage students with the various parts of speech, and our teacher team has a few more favourites to inspire your grammar lessons!
- Funny Sentence Game — Introduce the five main parts of speech — noun, verb, pronoun, adjective and adverb — and have students fill out a mind map about each, including examples. Next, write a few sentences on the whiteboard that are missing a few words with lines drawn where the word is missing. As a whole class task, work out which part of speech should go in each blank space, marking down that part of speech below the line. Once they've all been labelled, have students take it in pairs, creating funny sentences by filling in words that fit the parts of speech.
- Parts of Speech Find It Game — Split students into small groups with an even amount of students, and give each group a copy of the local newspaper and a set of different coloured pencils. Assign each part of speech a colour. Each group should assign one colour/part of speech to one member. Set a timer, and challenge students to find and circle as many of their part of speech as they can during the time allowed. The group that finds the most words that are correctly labelled wins!
- Parts of Speech Egg Hunt — Collect plastic Easter eggs (many teachers have them hiding in a closet, so ask around if you don't have your own!). Create a colour code for parts of speech similar to the one in activity 2. Hide sentences inside the eggs, then hide the eggs around the classroom and set a timer. Students then have to find one egg at a time, identify a certain part of speech based on the egg colour code, and write down the answer before they can move on to find another egg. The student who wins is the one who finds the most eggs (and has correctly written down the most correct words) by the time your timer goes off.
- Parts of Speech Board Games — Challenge students to create their own board games based on these important words, demonstrating their understanding of proper use.
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Cut and Paste Matching Verb Tense Worksheet
Practise identifying past, present and future tense in verbs using this set of cut and paste worksheets.
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Order of Adjectives Poster
Use this order of adjectives poster to explain the sequence that must be followed when adding adjectives to a noun to create a noun group.
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Pronouns Teaching Slides
Use this pronouns PowerPoint presentation to teach your students about some of the most common types of pronouns.
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Adverbial Phrases Sorting Activity
Use this fun adverbial phrases activity in your literacy lesson or small groups to help students grasp the concept of adverb groups.
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Adjectives Poster Pack
Get your students to use new words to describe objects with this set of 13 bright and colourful posters.
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Parts of Speech Practice Interactive Activity (Middle Primary)
Review nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs with this interactive parts of speech digital quiz.
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Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives – Digital Four Corners Game
Identify common and proper nouns, verbs and adjectives through this elimination-style types of words active game.
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Irregular Plural Nouns Worksheets
Teach irregular plural nouns with this engaging set of 9 activity worksheets designed to reinforce key grammar concepts while keeping students motivated and on-task.
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Grammar Conventions - Year 6 Grammar and Punctuation Test Pack
Assess student knowledge of grammar conventions with a printable Year 6 Grammar and Punctuation Test Pack
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Preposition Phrases Practice Interactive Activity
Enhance your grammar lessons with a digital preposition phrases activity that engages students through interactive drag-and-drop, sorting and typing tasks.
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Verb Group Hunt Worksheet Pack
Explore verb groups with your students using this verb group hunt worksheet pack.
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Verb Group Posters
Guide your students to be better writers with this verb group poster set to display in your classroom.
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Mixed Tense Worksheet Pack
Use these mixed tense worksheets to help your students identify past, present and future verb forms in a variety of contexts.
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Verb Tenses Quiz Worksheet
Assess your students' knowledge of verb tenses with this 5-question quiz.
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Commonly Used Verbs Flashcards
Teach commonly used verbs with this set of printable flashcards.
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Past Tense, Present Tense and Future Tense Posters
Help your students understand verb tense with this set of past, present and future tense poster examples.
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Coordinating Conjunctions Worksheet
Distribute this coordinating conjunctions worksheet to help your students practise joining clauses with conjunctions to form compound sentences.
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Subordinating Conjunctions for Conditions – Interactive Activity
Use this interactive digital activity to help students identify conditional subordinating conjunctions, and construct sentences using this part of speech.
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Subordinating Conjunctions Game Show
Use this interactive digital activity to assist your students in practising identifying and constructing sentences using subordinating conjunctions in a fun way!
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Types of Adverbs Teaching Slides
Explore five types of adverbs in this action-packed adverb adventure teaching slide deck! This resource covers adverbs of time, place, manner, frequency and degree.
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Past, Present and Future Tense Worksheet Pack
Download these past, present and future tense worksheets to help your students confidently identify and use correct verb tenses in sentences and paragraphs.
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Irregular Plural Noun Match-Up
Practise using irregular plural nouns with an irregular plural noun matching activity.
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Plural Rules Poster Pack
Make plural rules a breeze to understand with plural noun posters.
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Verb Tense in Narrative Writing Worksheets
Download these narrative writing worksheets to help your students understand why past tense is most commonly used in stories.
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Present Tense Verbs Worksheets
Use these present tense verbs worksheets to help your students identify and use present tense verb forms in a variety of contexts.
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Parts of Speech Interactive Activity (Lower Years)
Learn and consolidate four key parts of speech with this interactive PowerPoint.
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Prepositional Phrase Worksheet Pack
Enhance your grammar lessons with this prepositional phrase worksheet pack, designed to help Year 4 students master prepositions and prepositional phrases.
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Preposition PowerPoint
Use this preposition PowerPoint to help your students understand and use prepositions of place, time and direction with confidence.
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Possessive Pronouns Worksheet Pack
Use this possessive pronouns worksheet pack to get your students identifying and using these essential parts of speech.
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A or An? - Worksheets
Teach when to use A or An as an article with a printable pack of 'A or An' Worksheets.
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Coordinating Conjunctions Task Cards
Use this set of 24 task cards to reinforce students' understanding of coordinating conjunctions and building compound sentences.
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Plural Nouns Chart — Printable Plural Rules Guide
Help students remember the different plural rules with a handy printable guide created for teachers to hand out.
- Parts of Speech Worksheets
- Parts of Speech Games
- Parts of Speech Posters
- Parts of Speech Teaching Presentations
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- Parts of Speech for Year 1
- Parts of Speech for Year 2
- Parts of Speech for Year 3
- Parts of Speech for Year 4
- Parts of Speech for Year 5
- Parts of Speech for Year 6