PARTS OF SPEECH

OBJECTIVES:

At the completion of this topic, the students will be able to

 Name and explain eight parts of speech.

 Determine parts of speech in a sentence.
 Understand clearly what is being said in a sentence.
 Reflect more accurately on the English language.
 Students will be able to use these different parts of speech correctly in sentences.

Period 1

STARTER ACTIVITY: CONCEPT MAP

NOUN
PRONOUN
INTERJECTION

PARTS
VERB
CONJUNCTION OF
SPEECH

PREPOSITION
ADVERB

ADJECTIVE

KEY POINTS

In your previous classes, you have already been familiarised with the parts of speech. So before
we deal with each separately, we will try to gather a quick overview of the same.

INTRODUCTION TO THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

There are eight parts of speech in the English language. Understanding different parts of
speech helps us to know how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the
sentence.

1. Noun
2. Pronoun
3. Verb
4. Adjective
5. Adverb
6. Preposition
7. Conjunction
8. Interjection

Part Of Speech Definition Types Examples Sentences

NOUN Name of a Proper Ram, London, The young girl brought me a

person, place, table, dog,
thing, or idea Common teacher, pen, very long letter from her
Concrete city, happiness, parents.
hope
Abstract Varun is a very active boy.
Collective

PRONOUN A word used in Personal I, we, you, they, Meera is a very stubborn
place of a noun
Possessive he, she, it child. She just stared at me
Reflexive and when I told her to stop.

Relative We are number one.

Demonstrative
Distributive

VERB A verb expresses Main verb Jump, danced, The kite flies in the sky.
action or being.
Helping verb flew, dances
The boy jumped out of the
Transitive window.
Intransitive
 ADJECTIVE An adjective Positive Good, My father is a wise person.
modifies or intelligent, red,
Comparative My sister wore a pink dress.
describes a noun his, their
or pronoun. Superlative

ADVERB An adverb Adverb of slowly, quietly, The girl danced gracefully.

modifies or Manner, Time, very, always,
My father arrived yesterday.
describes a verb, Place and never, too, well,
an adjective, or Degree. tomorrow, here
another adverb.

PREPOSITION A preposition is a Indicate time, at, on, in, from, The girl hid herself under the
word shows place, or with, near, bed.
relationship relationship. between, about,
The butterfly sat on the
between a noun under
flower.
or pronoun and
some other word
in the rest of the
sentence.
 Conjunctions for And, or, but,
CONJUNCTION A conjunction This cup of tea is
Addition, Cause because, so,
joins words, & Effect, yet, unless, delicious and very soothing.
phrases, or Comparison, since, if.
Contrast, I was tired but I still finished
clauses. Conclusion the marathon.

INTERJECTION An interjection is Different Ouch! Wow! Wow! I passed my English

emotions like Great! Help! test.
a word used to Greeting, Joy, Oh! Hey! Hi! Ouch! My knees hurt.
express emotion. Approval,
Surprise,
Grief/Pain

ACTIVITY

The teacher can end the class with the following activity:
Parts of Speech Quiz

Write down the following sentences on the board and ask the children to identify and name the
correct part of speech of the underlined words.

1. The ball rolled past the goal keeper.

2. My mother is very smart.
3. We both slept in the green tent.
4. The rabbit magically appeared.
5. The lion roared at the frightened children.
6. I can’t go unless you take me.
7. Huh! I didn’t hear you.
8. The pizza smelled delicious.

Period 2

IDENTIFICATION OF SAME WORDS USED AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH

Recap of the previous class: Parts of speech are divided into eight. Every word is a part of
speech because of the way it is used. (Max 5 first min)

Today’s lesson is about how the same word becomes different parts of speech according to the
way in which they are used.

Look at the following sentences.

1. Give me some water.

2. I water my plants every day.

In the first sentence, the word WATER names something. So it is a noun.

In the second sentence, the same word WATER expresses an action. It tells what they do. So
here, it is working as a verb.

Now study the word ROUND in the following sentences:

1. The earth is round. (Adjective)

2. The boys ran round the tree. (Preposition)

3. Will you come round to our house this evening? (Adverb)

4. We won the first round of the cricket match. (Noun)

5. He rounded his lips and whistled. (Verb)

So similarly, there are many words which behave differently in a sentence according to their
place as well as how they are used in a sentence.
ABOVE Adverb. The heavens are above.

Preposition. The moral law is above the civil.

Adjective. Analyse the above sentence.

Noun. Our blessings come from above.

AFTER : Adverb. They arrived soon after.

Preposition. He takes after his father.

Adjective. After ages shall sing his glory.

Conjunction. We went away after they had left.

BEFORE: Adverb. I have seen you before.

Preposition. He came before the appointed time.

Conjunction. He went away before I came.

EVEN: Adjective. The chances are even.

Verb. Let us even the ground.

Adverb. Does he even suspect the danger?

LITTLE: Adjective. There is little danger in going there.

 Noun. Man wants but little here below.

Adverb. He eats very little.

MORE: Adjective. We want more men like him.

Pronoun. More of us die in bed than out of it.

Adverb. You should talk less and work more.

NEAR: Preposition. His house is near the temple.

Adjective. He is a near relation.

Verb. The time nears.

OVER: Adverb. Read it over carefully.

Noun. In one over he took three wickets.

Preposition. At thirty a change came over him.

STILL: Verb. His words stilled my fears.

Adjective. Still waters run deep.

Noun. Her sobs could be heard in the still of

night.
 Adverb. He is still in business.

UP: Adverb. Prices are up.

Preposition. Let us go up the hill.

Adjective. The next up train will leave here at 12.30.

Noun. They had their ups and downs of fortune.

Period -3
PRACTICE SHEET

WORKPLAN

CONTENT PERIODS RESOURCES

ALLOTTED
1 Concept map & introduction to the eight parts of 1 Worksheet 1
speech Worksheet 2
2 Identification of same words used as different parts 1 Worksheet 3
of speech
3 Practice 1 Practice Sheet