The Parts of Speech

We have been working on verbs, adjectives, nouns, etc. These are called THE PARTS OF SPEECH.

Here is a video explaining the EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH with examples of each of them.


You have to watch the video, take notes about the different parts of speech, and then do the following online activity.

In the following online activity, you have 10 sentences, each of them containing a word in capital letters. You have to choose the correct part of speech for that word.



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HERE IS A VIDEO WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE PARTS OF SPEECH:

Major word classes

English has four major word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. They have many thousands of members, and new nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are often created. Nouns are the most common type of word, followed by verbs. Adjectives are less common and adverbs are even less common.

Many words belong to more than one word class. For example, book can be used as a noun or as a verb; fast can be used as an adjective or an adverb:


It’s an interesting book. (noun)
We ought to book a holiday soon. (verb)
He loves fast cars. (adjective)
Don’t drive so fast! (adverb)