Parts of Speech Teaching Resources
Teach students the parts of speech this school year with printable worksheets, descriptive language activities, sorting games and more primary school teaching resources designed to help extend and improve your students' understanding of nouns, verbs, adjectives and more.
This extensive collection of teaching resources has been created by teachers for teachers like you. Aligned to the Australian curriculum, the collection includes editable worksheets and teaching presentations and more to save primary teachers time on lesson planning.
Created by expert teachers, each resource in this English collection has been carefully reviewed and curated by our team. That means it's ready to use in the classroom! You'll even find editable resources, plus differentiated options.
New to teaching parts of speech, or just looking for fresh ways to engage your students? Read on for a primer from our teaching team!
What Is a Part of Speech? Kid-Friendly Definition
Teaching parts of speech? Here's a way to explain what they mean to your students in a kid-friendly manner.
A part of speech is a word we use to describe certain types of words based on how they function in sentences. When we can categorise words according to their part of speech, we know which grammatical rules to use with them.
How Many Parts of Speech Are There?
There are eight different parts of speech within the English language. These include:
- Noun — A word that represents a person, place or thing
- Pronoun —A word that is used in place of a noun such as 'he' or 'I'
- Adjective — A word that describes a noun or pronoun
- Verb — A word that expresses action or a state of being
- Adverb —A word that describes a verb, adjective or other adverb
- Preposition — A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence
- Conjunction —A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence, such as 'and' or 'but'
- Interjection — A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion or surprise, such as 'Wow'
Fun Activities for Teaching Parts of Speech
This collection is full of fun activities designed to engage students with the various parts of speech, and our teacher team has a few more favourites to inspire your grammar lessons!
- Funny Sentence Game — Introduce the five main parts of speech — noun, verb, pronoun, adjective and adverb — and have students fill out a mind map about each, including examples. Next, write a few sentences on the whiteboard that are missing a few words with lines drawn where the word is missing. As a whole class task, work out which part of speech should go in each blank space, marking down that part of speech below the line. Once they've all been labelled, have students take it in pairs, creating funny sentences by filling in words that fit the parts of speech.
- Parts of Speech Find It Game — Split students into small groups with an even amount of students, and give each group a copy of the local newspaper and a set of different coloured pencils. Assign each part of speech a colour. Each group should assign one colour/part of speech to one member. Set a timer, and challenge students to find and circle as many of their part of speech as they can during the time allowed. The group that finds the most words that are correctly labelled wins!
- Parts of Speech Egg Hunt — Collect plastic Easter eggs (many teachers have them hiding in a closet, so ask around if you don't have your own!). Create a colour code for parts of speech similar to the one in activity 2. Hide sentences inside the eggs, then hide the eggs around the classroom and set a timer. Students then have to find one egg at a time, identify a certain part of speech based on the egg colour code, and write down the answer before they can move on to find another egg. The student who wins is the one who finds the most eggs (and has correctly written down the most correct words) by the time your timer goes off.
- Parts of Speech Board Games — Challenge students to create their own board games based on these important words, demonstrating their understanding of proper use.
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Interesting Events Adverb Groups Worksheets
Use this set of differentiated grammar worksheets to help students incorporate adverb groups or phrases into their writing.
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Adverbs Drama Game
Enjoy this fun drama game with your students as you teach them that adverbs describe how, when or where a verb is happening!
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Comparative and Superlative Adverb Task Cards
Introduce these comparative and superlative adverbs task cards to your class to grow their understanding of these types of adverbs!
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Pumpkin Possessives Worksheet
Practise identifying possessive nouns with this pumpkin-themed worksheet.
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Vibrant Varieties – Other Words for 'Very' Wheel
Replace the word 'very' in your students' writings by giving them a 'wheely' good synonyms reference guide.
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Adjective Emoji Four in a Row
Match emoji picture cards with their corresponding descriptive adjectives with a fun game of Four-in-a-Row.
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Grandparents' Day Worksheet — Adjectives A to Z
Celebrate Grandparents' Day in the classroom with awesome adjectives!
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Colour Adjectives - Worksheet
A worksheet activity designed to help prompt students to be more descriptive when describing nouns with colours.
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Sorting Nouns - Worksheet
A cut and arrange activity which involves students using their grammar skill to sort through nouns and categorise them.
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Past Tense Folding Cards
A set of 21 past tense folding cards.
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Text Connectives Worksheet
A 2 page worksheet that explores the use of text connectives.
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Prepositions Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the use of prepositions.
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Picture the Preposition Worksheet
A worksheet that explores prepositions through reading, interpreting and drawing.
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Colour Adjectives Word Wall
A colourful word wall display to help support students colour adjective use.
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Ocean Themed Collective Noun Dominoes
A set of ocean themed collective noun dominoes.
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Word of the Week PowerPoint - Year 4
A 40 slide PowerPoint Template for introducing new vocabulary to year 4 students.
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Adverbs of Frequency Poster
Use this eye-catching poster in your primary classroom when teaching children about adverbs of frequency.
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Holiday Adjective Worksheet Pack
Have some festive fun using printable Christmas adjective worksheets to practise describing nouns.
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Year 3 and Year 4 English Worksheets - Christmas Printables
Add some Christmas spirit to your December grammar lessons with a printable pack of Christmas-themed Year 3 and Year 4 English worksheets.
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Conjunctive Adverb Interactive Activity
Use this engaging interactive activity in your classroom to teach students what conjunctive adverbs are and how to use them in their writing.
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Conjunctive Adverbs Task Cards
Assess your students’ understanding of conjunctive adverbs with these fun adverbs task cards!
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Haunted Preposition House - Halloween Worksheet
Practise using prepositions and prepositional phrases with a a fun and spooky Halloween worksheet!
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Autumn Parts of Speech Sort
Review three parts of speech by sorting nouns, verbs, and adjectives with a parts of speech sorting activity.
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Positive, Comparative, Superlative Adverbs Worksheet
Give your students practise using positive, comparative, and superlative adverbs with an adverb worksheet.
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Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Adverbs Task Cards
Use these task cards to help students practise using positive, comparative, and superlative adverbs in sentences.
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Easter Worksheets - Grammar Practise
Practise skills learnt in literacy with this Easter-themed grammar activity pack.
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Christmas Common and Proper - Year 2 English Task Cards
Identify common noun and proper noun usage in sentences with this set of printable Christmas-themed Task Cards!
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Adverbs Interactive Activity
Provide your students with engaging, interactive activities to help them improve their usage and identification of adverbs.
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Comparative and Superlative Adverbs - Match-Up Activity
Practice using comparative and superlative adverbs with a matching activity.
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Possessive Nouns - Four in a Row Game
Practise using the correct forms of possessive nouns with an exciting game of Four-in-a-Row!
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Comical Chronicle Worksheets – Year 5
A set of 10 ad-lib style stories for students to complete.
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Parts of Speech Word Search (Nouns and Verbs) – Worksheet
A word search where students find and categorise nouns and verbs.