Parts of Speech

• Language Arts
• 4th Grade

Language Arts 

Parts of Speech

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Proper Nouns
• Adverbs
•  Pronouns

What is a noun?

• A noun is a person, place or thing 

Examples of Nouns are:

• person- boy, girl, mom, teacher
• place- home, school, church
• thing- cup, toy, dog 

A verb is...

• A word used to describe an action 

Examples of verbs are:

• run
• jump
• sing
• play

A proper noun is the specific name of a noun.

• Kennedy 
• Samuel
• California 
• Brad Road 
• Walmart  

These are all examples of a proper noun

Can you give me your own examples of a proper noun?

An adverb is...

An adverb describes a verb 

• happily
• slowly
• loudly
• quietly

A pronoun is....

A pronoun takes the place of a noun.

Examples:

• her 
• they
• them
• him
• us 

Orlando Florida is an example of what part of speech?

1. proper noun
2. adverb
3. verb
4. pronoun

I like to swim with my family.
Which word is a verb?

1. like
2. family
3. I
4. swim

Which pronoun can replace Claire and John in the sentence below?
Claire and John will go to school on Monday.

1. Her
2. Him
3. They
4. Happy