H2 Part of speech

Part of speech: The basics

You recognize and identify basic parts of speech

You use them correctly in short sentences

What are "Parts of speech"?
Subject, Verb, Noun, Adjective or an Adverb

5 key parts of speech

Subject	Who or what	She likes pizza
Verb	Action or state	She likes pizza
Noun	Person, place or Think	She likes pizza
Adjective	Describes a noun	She eats delicious pizza
Adverb	Describes how	She quickly eats delicious pizza

Helpful Tips

Subject = the "doer" of the action

Verb = what happens

Noun = a person/thing

Adjective = describes a noun (What kind? What color?)

Adverb = often ends in -ly, describes how something happens

What is an adjective? 

• Adjectives are words that describe nouns

• In dutch we call it a bijvoegelijk naamwoord
• What word is the adjective?

       -I think you are a nice person

Weird	bird
seven	cars
red	hair
tall	person

Write down different adjectives

What is an adverb?

It says something about how it happened

• He carefully placed the red vase on the shelf
• She talks quietly

Fill the gap

the teacher spoke _____ so that everyone could understand.

Create a sentence using a adjective and adverb

Difference between noun en subject

✅ NOUN = a word

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

👉 Examples: dog, school, happiness, London

✅ SUBJECT = a role in a sentence

The subject is the part of the sentence that tells us who or what does the action.

A subject contains at least a noun.

What is a verb?

1. A word that describes a person, place, or thing
2. A word that shows an action or state of being
3. A word that connects sentences together
4. A word that describes a noun

Adjective

Noun

Adverb

Subject

Verb

Dog

Quickly

Run

I

Blue

Teacher

Happily

Tired

Tell me the subject:
The happy dog barks loudly in the garden.

1. The dog
2. barks loudly
3. The happy dog
4. the garden

Tell me the main verb:
The happy dog barks loudly in the garden.

1. barks
2. in the garden
3. happy
4. dog

Tell me the noun (2):
The happy dog barks loudly in the garden.

Tell me the adverb:
The happy dog barks loudly in the garden.

Tell me the adjective:
The happy dog barks loudly in the garden.

Write down every part of speech:
The small dog runs quickly

The small dog runs quickly

The	article
small	adjective
dog	noun
runs	verb
quickly	adverb

Which is a noun

1. Cycles
2. Blue
3. Pizza
4. Cow

which is an adverb

1. soft
2. pie
3. happily
4. small

Write your own sentence

Write down a verb

Write down a noun

Which part of speech was the easiest

Which part was the most tricky