Parts of Speech
It is important to understand that
every word in a sentence has a job
to do, a role in the sentence.
Parts of Speech FOLDABLE!
This foldable will help you learn the eight parts
of speech and their jobs.
Take out one piece of notebook paper with the
holes intact and follow the instructions so you
have a neat foldable that you can use to study.
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Foldable Instructions
1.
Fold your piece of notebook paper hotdog style to
the red line, so that the margin with holes is on
your left.
2.
Now fold the paper in half hamburger style.
Crease it well.
3.
Fold in half hamburger style again. Crease well.
4.
Fold in half (in the same direction) one more
time so when you open it you have eight sections
on each side of your paper.
5. Place one hand between the folded hot dog and
cut the creases on the right side only.
When you are finished,
you should have eight
flaps that fold out to
the right.
Nouns/Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Articles
Prepositions
Interjections
Close all the flaps
so you can write
each part of speech
on the outside of the
right flaps as they
show up on the next
slide.
There are eight parts of speech.
 Nouns/Pronouns
 Verbs
 Adjectives
 Adverbs
 Conjunctions
 Articles
 Prepositions
 Interjections
A person, place, thing, quality or idea
Takes the place of a noun
Now write the job, or
definition, of each part
of speech on the left
side of your foldable
and an example on the
inside of the right flap
as the definitions and
examples appear on the
next slides.
(In your example,
underline the word that
is the part of speech
you have just defined.)
Noun: person, place, thing or
quality (or idea)
 Person: Ms. Morgan likes to eat spinach.
 Place: Kealing is the best middle school on earth.
 Thing: Ms. Roy owns one million geeky board
games.
 Quality: Honesty is a great value to possess.
Respect is a must between teachers and students.
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Pronoun: takes the place of a noun
She likes to eat spinach.
Verb: shows action or state of being
 Action: Ms. Stewart
fished all summer.
 State of being: Ms. Lowe
is happy every morning.
Adjective: describes a noun
 The brilliant students balanced the national
budget.
 The strange stretches in yoga class made us
look like pretzels.
Adverb: describes a verb
 The sixth grade students worked happily on
their poetry assignments.
 The puppies hungrily ate the spilled cereal.
Conjunctions: words that join words,
phrases or sentences
 Hannah and Alex love to cook.
 You will study Greek, or you will study Pig
Latin.
 I am happy because all my students are
respectful to one another.
 It has been cloudy since the morning.
Common conjunctions
FANBOYS
•For
•And
•Nor
•But
•Or
•Yet
•So
Article: there are only three articles –
the, a, an
(Articles are a subset of adjectives.)
 The bicycle was not only red, but also shiny.
 A yellow moon always appears in October.
 An excellent student, Ms. Cooper passed all her
exams the first time.
Preposition: a word that shows
the relationship between a noun
or pronoun and another part of
the sentence.
 The cat was on the table.
 The dog was under the table.
These are some common prepositions:
for
at
with
from
on
under
between
upon
to
above
in
into
up
toward
behind
off
Interjections: expressive words
 Wow, Ms. Feldman knocked that ball out of the
park!
 Oh, you really should finish your homework on
your own.
 Ouch, why did you drop that piano on my toe?
 Ah, now I understand the problem.
Copy this sentence on another sheet
of paper, skipping lines,
and then identify the role/job
each word serves.
The beautiful queen walked
slowly on the cool lawn, and
she read aloud a long book
about knights and kings.