Parts of speech
PARTS OF SPEECH
climb
when
run
talk
how
on
silently
below
above
place
thing
Amsterdam
until
walk
there
where
but
now
so
person
Paula
it
she
string
although
unless
because
he
we
you
they
Robbie’s hair
l
short
brown
Task: Use the words to fill in the gaps in the poem.
Read the lines carefully and think about which words make
sense.
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Parts of speech
PARTS OF SPEECH
A noun is a _______, ______or ____.
As ______, ________ or _______.
A pronoun for a noun you’ll see
As __, __, ___, __, ___, ____, ___
An adjective describes a noun
As _______ _____ is ____and _____.
A verb tells that there’s something done
As ___and ___ and ___and ____.
An adverb tells ____, ___ and ____.
As ___ and ____and ______.
A preposition lets you know
If something’s ___, ____, ____.
Conjunctions join ___, ___ ,___,
____, ______, ______, ______.
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Parts of speech
PARTS OF SPEECH
A noun is a person, place or thing.
As Paula, Amsterdam or string.
A pronoun for a noun you’ll see
As l, he, she, it, they, you, we
An adjective describes a noun
As Robbie’s hair is short and brown.
A verb tells that there’s something done
As walk and talk and climb and run.
An adverb tells when, how and where
As now and silently and there.
A preposition lets you know
If something’s on above, below.
Conjunctions join and, but, so,
Until, because, unless, although.
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Parts of speech
PARTS OF SPEECH STARTER ACTIVITY
STARTER
NLS LINKS
Vocabulary
V 14. Define and deploy words with
precision
V 17 understand and have the
terminology to describe the role of word
classes
Focus on Sentence level knowledge
understanding of basic parts of speech
before moving on to
SL 1 - extending the use and control of
complex sentences
SL 2 Expanding noun and noun phrases
TASK
Resources:
Copy of Parts Of Speech Poem 1 per student
30 copies – to be shared if appropriate
Word cards
OHP of Parts Of Speech Poem for teacher
annotation
NC LINKS
Teacher to introduce task – FOCUS ON THE PARTS OF SPEECH
All students will have individually or in pairs depending on the level of the group a copy of
Parts Of Speech Poem and word cards that they must arrange and sort.
Task is to fill the gaps with the appropriate cards using their prior knowledge, clues in
the sentences, and what students know of sentence construction. The words on the cards
provide useful clues
After 5 min teacher should draw group together and using OHT should complete the poem
using student answers ensuring that the correct words are used and any inaccuracies are
corrected.
DEVELOPMENT
Students to write definitions for parts of speech in book
Some students will know the parts of speech and be confident – others will not.
The teacher must ensure that all students have a grasp of the basics of the parts of
speech and that this skill is revisited if necessary through a further starter activity or more
formal teaching of the parts of speech.
EXTENSION
HOMEWORK
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