Parts of Speech

1. Naming Words

Naming words are words that name people, places, and things. Naming words are called Nouns.

Example:

Name
House
Boat
Boy
Girl
Dog
Cat
Man
Baby
School
Store
Car
Fish

Some naming words name people.

Example:

Sister
Teacher
Dad
Farmer
Doctor
Cook
Wroker

Some naming words name animals.

Example:

Pig
Horse
Whale
Frog
Fish
Dog
Cat
Bird
Fox

Some naming words name places.

Example:

City
Beach
Library
House
Farm
Lake
Park

Some naming words name things.

Example:

Toy
Chair
Shoes
Cup
Hat
Bed
Apple
Crayons
Box

There are two kind of naming words.

• Some words name common things.

Example:

Child
Park
Story

• Some words name special things.

Example:

Sam
Peace Park
"The Red Pony"

The special name of a person, title of a person, and a place begins with capital letter.

Example:

Katie, Lucy
Dr. Jones, Ms. Reed
New York City, Chicago

A naming word can name one.

A naming word can name more that one.

Example:

One cat, one bird, one girl
Two cats, two birds, three girls

Many naming words add s to name more than one.

Example:

One frog, one tree
Two frogs, six trees

2. Actions Words

An action word tells what someone or something does. Action words are call verbs.

Talks, ride, eats, sing, and waves are action words;that tell what someone or something does.

Example:

Tom sleeps
Birds fly
Dogs bark

Some action words tell exactly how people and things move.

Example:

The dog races across the grass.

There are many action words. Sometimes, more than one word can tell about an action.

Example:

Cari goes to school.
Cari walks to school.
Cari runs to school.
Cari skips to school.

Action words can tell what one person or thing does. Action words can also tell what more than one person or thing does. Add s to an action word that tells about one person or thing.

Example:

The two boys play ball.
The one boy plays ball.

Action words about the present

An action word can tell about now.

Action words that tell about one person, place, or thing end with s.

Actions words that tell about more than one person, place, or thing do not end with s.

Welcomes, smile, puts, walk, thinks, eats, and finds are action words that tell about one or more person, place, or thing.

Example:

Ray helps his dad.
Sam and Sara help their dad.

The boy gets some water.
They get some water.

Action words about the past

An action word can tell about the past. Some action words that tell about the past end with ed.

Example:

A mother duck walked across the grass.
She quacked for the little ducks.

Remember, action words can tell about now, and action words can tell about the past.

Example:

I play checkers with my brother.
Last night I played checker with my sister.

3. Describing Words

Describing words tell about naming words. Describing words are call adjectives.

Example:

Three birds
Tall boy
Little bear
Happy girl

Some describing words tell how people feel.

Hungry, sleepy, glad, sick, and angry are describing words that tell how people feel.

Example:

Yesterday Sandi was sad.
Now Sandi is happy.

Some describing words tell about size and shape.

Example:

Big dog
Square book
Small ant
Tall tree
Round ball

Some describing words tell about color.

Yellow, pink, white, green, and red are describing words that tell about color.

Example:

Blue water
Blue cat
Gray whale

Some describing words tell how many.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten are describing words that tell how many.

Example:

One nose
Five toes

Some describing words tell how things taste or smell.

Sour, fresh, and smoky are describing words that tell about taste or smell.

Example:

This is salty popcorn.
The flower smells sweet.

Some describing words tell how things feel or sound.

Soft, quiet, hot, cold, and noisy are describing words that tell about feel or sound.

Example:

Ice cream feels cold.
The school bell is loud.

Some describing words tell about the weather.

Rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, cloudy are describing words that tell about weather.

Example:

We had stormy weather yesterday.

Some describing words compare two or more than two things.

a. When describing words tell how two things are different, add er to a describing word to tell two things are different.

b. When describing words tell how more than two things are different, add est to a describing word to tell how more than two things are different.

Bigger, biggest, taller, tallest, longer, longest, higher, highest are describing words that compare.

Example:

small, smaller, smallest
The cat is small.
The mouse is smaller than the cat.
The ant is the smallest of all.

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