EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH

Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

TESTS

IDENTIFY THE PARTS OF SPEECH

NOTE TO SUPERVISOR:  Please explain all the words in the following sentence so your student understands the entire meaning before presenting the following:

EXAMPLE:

1. Oh!  The weird stranger stood at a cyclone fence and viewed a white house with strong binoculars while the dogs kept barking fiercely and wildly at me, alerting the sleeping neighbors about the unplanned crime threatening the residents in that small, sleepy town.

FIRST, COUNT AND NAME THE NOUNS:

9 Nouns: stranger, fence, house, binoculars, dogs, neighbors, crime, residents, town

NOW, COUNT AND NAME THE PRONOUNS:

1 Pronoun: me

OKAY, COUNT AND NAME THE VERBS:

5 Verbs: stood, viewed, (kept) barking, alerting, threatening

DO YOU SEE ANY ADJECTIVES? COUNT THEM.  NAME THEM.

8 Adjectives: weird, cyclone, white, strong, sleeping, unplanned, small, sleepy

LOOK FOR ARTICLES.  DOYOU SEE ANY?  COUNT THEM AND NAME THEM.

6 Articles: The, a, a, the, the, the

CAN YOU FIND ANY ADVERBS?  COUNT THE ADVERBS AND NAME THEM.

2 Adverbs: fiercely, wildly

WHAT ABOUT PREPOSITIONS?  DO YOU SEE ANY?  COUNT THE PREPOSITIONS AND NAME THEM.

5 Prepositions: at, with, at, about, in

LOOK FOR CONJUNCTIONS.  DO YOU RECOGNIZE ANY?  COUNT THEM.  NAME THEM.

3 Conjunctions: and, while, and

DO YOU SEE ANY INTERJECTIONS?  COUNT WHAT YOU SEE AND NAME THEM.

1 Interjection: Oh

TEST

• Gosh!  I thought the white dog was pretty until she turned her funny face to look at me and I saw one blue eye and one green eye happily staring at me.

• The broken fence was lying everywhere and bright electrical sparks were flying high.

• He thought the birthday cake was for me but it was really for my cat.

• I looked all over for him until I found him hiding by that green tree in the old corner of the yard.

• The soup was really delicious but there were many onions in it.

• Grandma knitted a beautiful blue sweater for me to wear when I go to church.

• Grandpa sat on the old couch and read the torn newspaper.

• It was Christmas and the decorations made all the houses bright with the appearance of joy.

• Ha!  You surprised me with that small gift wrapped in beautiful silver paper.

• The cats were asleep on the comfortable bed but the dog was snoring on the wooden floor.

• That funny man next door ran quickly out of his house when the lightning struck forcefully and the noisy thunder roared loudly.

• The intelligent girl liked to read many books in the library and she enjoyed the literacy section more than any other.
  

TEST FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SECOND GRADE OR HIGHER

NOTE TO SUPERVISOR:  Please explain all the words in the following sentences step by step,  so your student understands the entire meaning before attempting to do the exercise in the manner presented above.  Take each paragraph and explain its meaning before your student begins to test.  Explain paragraph 2 then test paragraph 2.  Explain paragraph 3 then test paragraph 3.  Keep explaining and testing in like manner until completion.

2. That fat ostrich runs rapidly throughout the lush, green field. It has long skinny legs and it is so huge that it cannot easily fly, if at all. That funny, fat. large ostrich is as tall as the kitchen door in your brick house. My gosh! It might even be nine feet tall! Most birds have four toes but this ostrich only has two big toes, just like other birds of his kind before him. Did you know that an ostrich lays the largest, fattest eggs of all the birds? The ostrich is known to quickly hide its valuable eggs under the shifting sands.

3. When a baby koala is born, it is as small as a tiny jelly bean. The new energetic, young koala lives in the accomodating mother's pouch for the first six months. Wow! Did you know that animals with pouches are wisely called marsupials? When the cute koala is finally older, it competently rides on its mother's strong back. The koalas sleep quietly all day in the trees but at night they eagerly eat the luscious leaves of the gum tree.

4. It was summer and the sun was hotly shining down on us as we watched our three small children at play. Mark eagerly wanted to play ball but Larry vehemently refused to play with him. He was intent on playing with his toy soldiers and small cars. Sonja was not one to immediately relate to her two brothers. She preferred her paper dolls and entertained herself with her active imagination. My wife was preparing the highly anticipated barbecue. I was putting on my apron and chef's hat to help out, when suddenly there was a loud clap of thunder followed by an unexpected torrent of rain. We were all drenched by the time we arrived at home.

5. Are you an amateur spelunker? Have you recently entertained ideas of becoming an amateur spelunker? What fun! If you like to take risks and explore dark, dangerous caves, then you are a spelunker. An adventurous person who studies caves professionally is also a spelunker. The temperature varies from 50 to 60 degrees which is pleasant for most spelunkers. Anyone who wants to explore a cave must be willing to squeeze through difficult passages. A spelunker should wear stout boots and a protective hat. The hat's purpose is to save the head from falling rocks. The first rule of cave exploring is never go alone. That rules applies to adults as well as to children. It is easy to get lost and often dangerous. There is always the possibility of falling into a pit or into water. The second rule is to have a reliable light. It is best to take along extra batteries. The inside of a cave is completely dark.

NOW YOU MAKE UP YOUR OWN PARAGRAPH

USE ALL EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH IN YOUR PARAGRAPH

CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING :

Your favorite sport, television show, movie

Your favorite vacation

Describe a time when you were highly emotional

The birth of your cats

Your Homework in detail

Most frightening experience of your life

Happiest time of your life

Describe the people in your family

Tell about a weird dream

Make up a an imaginary story about the neighbor down the street

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE FOR IDENTIFYING THE PARTS OF SPEECH