Parts of Speech Teaching Resources
Teach students the parts of speech this school year with printable worksheets, descriptive language activities, sorting games and more elementary 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 Common Core curriculum, the ELA collection includes editable worksheets and teaching presentations and more to save elementary teachers time on lesson planning.
Created by expert teachers, each resource in this grammar 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 categorize words according to their part of speech, we know which grammatical rules to use.
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 favorites to inspire your grammar lessons!
- Funny Sentence Game — Introduce the five main parts of speech — noun, verb, pronoun, adjective and adverb — and have students complete 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, determine 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 colored pencils. Assign each part of speech a color. Each group should assign one color/part of speech to one member. Set a timer, and challenge students to find and circle as many of their assigned part of speech as they can during the time allowed. The group that finds the most words that are correctly labeled 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 color 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 color 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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Common Adjectives for Kids - Printable Adjective List
Print your students a list of adjectives to keep at hand when writing to help them use descriptive language.
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Thanksgiving Mad Lib Worksheets
Boost engagement and reinforce grammar skills with Thanksgiving Mad Lib worksheets that turn learning parts of speech into a fun, interactive activity.
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Writing Singular Possessive Nouns Worksheet
Practice writing singular possessive nouns with a possessive worksheet.
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Christmas Activity Printable - Common and Proper Nouns Task Cards
Practice identifying common and proper nouns with Christmas Noun Task Cards!
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Noun Phrases Worksheet Pack
Teach noun phrases to your students with this set of 7 activity worksheets that help them use adjectives to build more descriptive and accurate sentences.
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Nouns, Proper Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs and Conjunctions Posters
Enhance student understanding of the 8 parts of speech with these colorful, informative, and easily-referenced grammar wall posters for the classroom covering nouns, verbs and more!
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Singular and Plural Possessives Task Cards
Practice writing phrases using the correct singular or plural possessive noun with a set of task cards.
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Sort It Out! Common and Proper Nouns Game
Use common and proper noun games to help your students practice identifying examples of different types of nouns.
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Grammar Practice Worksheets - Vocabulary Cut and Sort
Review parts of speech and word usage skills with a pack of cut-and-paste Grammar Sorting Worksheets.
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Plural Spelling Rules Teaching Slides
Teach plural rules to your class with ease using this engaging slide deck that helps students understand when to add -s, -es, -ies and -ves to make plural nouns.
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Verb Past Tense Worksheet
A worksheet with simple and irregular past tense verbs added to complete the sentences.
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Digital Verb Tenses Quiz
Download this verb tenses quiz to test your students’ ability to identify past, present and future verbs in sentences.
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Past Tense Verbs Worksheets
Use these past tense verbs worksheets to help your students identify and use past tense verb forms in a variety of contexts.
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Prepositions Picture Scene Worksheets
Engage students with this prepositions picture scene pack where they follow instructions to place pictures within five different scenes.
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Pumpkin Parts of Speech Worksheets
Review three parts of speech by sorting nouns, verbs, and adjectives with these four pumpkin-themed cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Possessive Nouns Activity
Use this possessive nouns activity to help students confidently create singular and plural possessive nouns through engaging drag-and-drop practice.
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Possessive Nouns Worksheet
A worksheet to practice writing possessive nouns correctly.
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Narrative Writing Tense Worksheets
Download these narrative writing tense worksheets to help your students understand why past tense is most commonly used in stories.
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Prepositional Phrases in Context Worksheet Pack
Download this prepositional phrase worksheet pack set to help students identify, analyze and confidently use prepositional phrases in real writing contexts.
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FANBOYS Worksheet Pack
Help students connect ideas in their writing with these FANBOYS worksheets to improve compound sentence writing.
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Cut and Paste Matching Verb Tense Worksheet
Practice identifying past, present and future tense in verbs using this set of cut and paste worksheets.
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Order of Adjectives Digital Quiz
Engage your students with this order of adjectives digital quiz that helps them practice arranging adjectives in a fun and engaging way.
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Printable Noun Sort Activity Sheets
Use a noun sort worksheet to help your students practice identifying people, places, and things.
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Prepositional Phrase Worksheet Pack
Enhance your grammar lessons with this prepositional phrase worksheet pack, designed to help 4th grade students master prepositions and prepositional phrases.
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Packing in Meaning with Noun Groups Worksheet
Explore the concept of noun groups with this 2-page worksheet.
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Christmas Interactive: Singular and Plural Nouns
Practice using singular and plural nouns with a fun Christmas-themed digital resource.
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FANBOYS Poster for Teaching Coordinating Conjunctions
Display this grammar poster in your classroom to help students choose appropriate coordinating conjunctions using the acronym FANBOYS.
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Halloween Grammar Practice Worksheets - Apostrophe Practice
Practice using apostrophes of possession and in contractions with a set of spooktacular Halloween Apostrophe worksheets.
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Spooky Adjectives - Halloween Activity Sheets
Bewitch your students into learning about adjectives with Halloween printables for first and second grades.
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Halloween Adjectives Word Search - Lower Grades
Bring in the Halloween spirit this year, starting with a printable Halloween word search filled with spooky adjectives!
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Who Lives in a Haunted House? 2nd Grade Nouns Worksheet
Draw and write about all the kooky nouns in a haunted house with a printable Halloween words worksheet for 2nd grade.
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Verb Tense Printable Christmas Activity Cards
Practice identifying past, present, and future tense verbs with a set of Christmas Verb Tense Task Cards!
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