UNDERSTANDING PARTS OF SPEECH:
NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

Materials

• Nouns and Adjectives Lesson - Use the printable lesson for your lesson plan, or use as a lesson supplement.

Procedure:

Students should read the lesson, and complete the worksheet. As an option, teachers may also use the lesson as part of a classroom lesson plan.

Excerpt from Lesson:

What are Parts of Speech?

• The term “part of speech” does NOT describe what a word means, but rather how a word is used within the context of a sentence. The term “part of speech” refers to the way in which a word is used. 

• There are 8 basic parts of speech, including:           
  Nouns                         Adjectives
  Pronouns                    Verbs
  Adverbs                      Prepositions
  Conjunctions             Interjections

• In this lesson, you will learn about nouns and adjectives.

What is a Noun?

• A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. In order to identify the nouns in a sentence, ask yourself Which words are persons, places, things or ideas?

• For example:

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