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Parts of Speech Activities

31 parts of speech activities. Teacher favorites: Singular Plural Noun Go Fish Activity and Position Words Activity. How teachers use these

Parts of Speech Activities

31 parts of speech activities. Teacher favorites: Singular Plural Noun Go Fish Activity and Position Words Activity. How teachers use these

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Activity1st GradeSingular Plural Noun Go Fish Activity

Play this singular plural noun go fish activity with 1st through 3rd grade students to match one and more than one with -s and -es. Answer key included.

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ActivityPreschoolPosition Words Activity

In this position words activity, preschool to 1st grade children match butterfly pictures to above, below, next to, in front of, and behind. Answer key included.

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ActivityPreschoolNoun BINGO

This noun bingo activity has 24 picture cards and 4 boards for Preschool to 2nd Grade, plus a practice page with an answer key included, so kids learn nouns while they play.

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Activity1st GradePlurals Activity

Using Plurals Activity, students add the proper word ending to make a plural noun for correct usage in writing.

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Activity1st GradePast Present Future Tense Activity

This past present future tense activity lets 1st to 4th grade students sort twelve verb cards by tense and write verbs in the right form. Answer key included for easy checking.

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Activity1st GradeNoun, Adjective, and Verb Activity

A noun, adjective, and verb activity for 1st to 3rd grade: sort 24 popcorn word cards into three buckets, then practice in sentences. Answer key included for easy checking.

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Activity1st GradeRaking Leaves Verbs Activity

This raking leaves verbs activity has 1st to 3rd grade children match fall action pictures to verbs in a memory game, then complete sentences. Answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeEarth Day Contractions Activity

Using Earth Day Contractions Activity, students match two word phrase cards (I cannot) to contractions cards (I can't) in order to use contractions in their writing.

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Activity2nd GradeL.2.1 Common Core Activity

Using L.2.1 Common Core Activity, students form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns by matching singular and plural nouns.

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Activity1st GradeCommon and Proper Nouns Activity

This common and proper nouns activity has 1st to 3rd grade students sort snowflake word cards on a winter mat, with a practice page and answer key included for easy checking.

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Activity3rd GradeDiving Deep Sorting Words Activity

This diving deep sorting words activity for 3rd to 5th grade has students sort 36 transition word cards by the job each word does. Answer key included.

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ActivityKindergartenNutty Nouns Activity

This nutty nouns activity lets Kindergarten to 2nd grade students sort picture cards into person, place and thing, then practice with a word-box sort. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeMuffin Tops Antonyms Activity

Using this Muffin Tops Antonyms Activity, students match the cards to make antonym pairs of opposite meanings.

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Activity1st GradeUsing Simple Verbs Past Present Future Activity

This using simple verbs past present future activity has 1st to 3rd graders sort 24 verb cards by tense and write verbs in all three tenses. Answer key included.

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ActivityKindergartenSentence Structure Activity

Build real sentences with this sentence structure activity for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade: 24 picture-coded word cards, a recording sheet and a practice page, with an answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeComparing Adjectives Comparatives and Superlatives Activity

UsingComparing Adjectives Comparatives and Superlatives Activity, studentsuse the picture cards to practice using comparing adjectives.

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Activity1st GradeCharades Verb Activity

Using Charades Verb Activity, studentsplay Charades to practice reading and acting out action words!

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Activity1st GradePlurals S IES Activity

Using Plurals S IES Activity, students add the proper word ending to make a plural noun.

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Activity1st GradeUpwords Capitalizing Words Activity

Using Upwords Capitalizing Words Activity, students practice capitalizing days of the week, months of year, and names

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Activity1st GradeApples to Apples Adjectives Activity

Describing Words Activity, Adjectives Activity, Parts of Speech, Descriptive Words

From our teachers' playbook

Every word has a job

What do kids learn about parts of speech?

Every word in a sentence has a job, and the parts of speech are the names for those jobs. Kids start in kindergarten and 1st grade with nouns (people, places and things) and verbs (action words), then add adjectives that describe. By 2nd and 3rd grade they use pronouns, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions, plus irregular plurals and verb tenses. The big idea: The happy dog ran quickly. Adjective, noun, verb, adverb! Once kids can name each job, their writing gets more detailed and their grammar gets cleaner.

Our favorite ways to teach parts of speech

Parts of speech stick when kids use them, not just label them. These are the moves we lean on.

Sort the jobs

Give kids a mixed list of nouns, verbs and adjectives and have them sort each word by its job. Then trick them: use run as a noun (a fun run) and as a verb. The mix teaches that a word's job depends on how it's used.

Why it works: shuffled practice teaches kids to choose the right strategy, not just repeat one, and it improved test scores in research (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).

Classifying Nouns, Verbs, or Adjectives WorksheetTry it withClassifying Nouns, Verbs, or Adjectives WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Talk through verb tenses

Write one sentence on the board and change its tense out loud: "Today I walk, yesterday I walked, tomorrow I will walk." Point out the clue words. Then let kids rewrite a sentence of their own three ways.

Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).

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Preposition quick game

Prepositions are easiest to learn with your body. Play a quick round where kids put a pencil on, under, beside or behind a book, then follow up with the game. A few minutes a day and those little words make sense.

Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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What's on this page

Teacher favorites right now: Singular Plural Noun Go Fish Activity, Position Words Activity and Noun BINGO.

Parts of speech questions we hear a lot

What are the 8 parts of speech?

The eight parts of speech are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. Elementary kids learn them a few at a time, starting with nouns and verbs.

What parts of speech should a 2nd grader know?

Second graders work with nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, along with irregular plurals, past-tense verbs and pronouns. They use these to write and expand complete sentences.

How do I explain a noun to a child?

A noun is a person, place, thing or animal. Point around the room and name nouns together: teacher, classroom, book, fish. If you can touch it or picture it, it's probably a noun.

What's the difference between an adjective and an adverb?

An adjective describes a noun, like the tall tree. An adverb describes a verb, telling how, when or where, like she ran quickly. Many adverbs end in -ly, which is a handy clue.

Are these parts of speech worksheets printable?

Yes! Every worksheet here prints as a PDF, and many come with matching activities, songs, videos and games.