Mastering parts of speech forms the foundation of strong language skills, yet traditional grammar exercises often fall flat with today’s learners.
To truly captivate and educate young learners, incorporating interactive and practical activities into the learning process is essential.
This collection of effective parts of speech activities transforms abstract grammar concepts into engaging, hands-on experiences that students actually enjoy.
From interactive games that bring nouns and verbs to life to creative projects that make adjectives and adverbs memorable, these activities cater to diverse learning styles and ability levels.
1. Dart Your Way to Examples
Set up a Velcro dartboard divided into sections labeled with parts of speech (e.g., nouns, verbs, adjectives). Students take turns throwing a Velcro dart at the board.
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2. Hop, Hunt, and Sort
Plastic eggs are filled with word cards, each labeled with different parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. Students “hunt” for the eggs, then sort them into baskets according to their part of speech. For example, they might place all nouns in one basket and all verbs in another.
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3. Lego Language Lab
Students use the labeled bricks to build words, phrases, or sentences, promoting both speech and literacy skills. For example, they can stack bricks to form sentences, match rhyming words, or group similar parts of speech, such as nouns or verbs.
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4. Parts of Speech Bingo
Each Bingo card features a grid filled with different words categorized by parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. The teacher calls out a part of speech, and students must identify a matching word on their cards and mark it. For example, if “verb” is called, students look for and mark words like “run” or “jump.”
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5. Bag of Words
To start, place word cards into a bag, each labeled with a noun, verb, adjective, or other parts of speech. Students take turns pulling a card from the bag and reading the word aloud. They then identify the part of speech and use the word in a sentence.
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6. Tic Tac Toe with Words
The tic-tac-toe grid is filled with words or prompts related to parts of speech (e.g., “name a verb,” “find a noun,” or “use an adjective in a sentence”). To claim a square, a player must correctly identify or provide an example based on the prompt in the square.
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7. Parts of Speech Clip Cards
Each card features a sentence or a single word, along with multiple options for parts of speech (e.g., noun, verb, adjective). Students read the word or sentence, decide on the correct part of speech, and use a clothespin to clip their answer.
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8. Parts of Speech Hunt
On the bulletin board, place word cards or images that represent different parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.). Provide students with a list of clues or prompts, such as “Find a verb” or “Locate an adjective,” and have them search the board to find the correct word or image.
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9. A Speech Caterpillar Activity
Students create a caterpillar by assembling different sections of its body, with each segment representing a different part of speech. Each section of the caterpillar can be decorated with pictures and words that correspond to the part of speech, allowing students to visualize and connect the concept.
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10. Jenga Word Adventure
Each Jenga block is painted with a different color, where each color represents a specific part of speech (e.g. blue for verbs, green for adjectives). As students pull a block from the tower, they must identify the part of speech associated with that color and either provide an example or use it in a sentence.
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11. Word Play Dominoes
Similar to traditional dominoes, this game involves matching words or word types (such as nouns, verbs, adjectives) on each domino.
Each domino has a word on one side, and students must match it with the corresponding part of speech or a related word (e.g., a verb with a matching subject or adjective).
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12. Parts of Speech Flip Book
The flip book is divided into sections, each dedicated to a specific part of speech, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. On each page, students can write examples, draw pictures, or cut out words from magazines to illustrate the part of speech.
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13. Verbs Rainbow Paper Strips
Each student receives paper strips in different colors. On each strip, they write a verb that represents an action or a state of being. Once they have several verbs, they arrange the strips in a rainbow color, gluing or taping them onto of the sheet.
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14. Scoop, Serve, and Study
To set up the activity, use cut-out circles or printable images of ice cream scoops, and write a word on each scoop. Beneath the scoop, list the different meanings of the word. Students can then work on matching words to their meanings or create sentences using the different definitions.
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15. Identify and Color Parts of Speech
In this activity, students are provided with a printable coloring book or worksheet, where each page features a sentence or a group of words, along with illustrations to color. The task is for students to identify the parts of speech within the sentence or words and color them based on a key.
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16. Caterpillar Word Slider
Students craft their own caterpillar sliders, complete with colorful designs and cut-out slots for inserting word strips. Each slider includes a sentence with a missing word, encouraging students to slide in different options to complete the sentence correctly.
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17. Highlighting the Parts of Speech
In this activity, students use colored highlighters or markers to highlight specific parts of speech within a given text or sentence. Each part of speech is assigned a different color to visually distinguish between them.
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18. Part of Speech Flipbook
The flipbook consists of multiple pages or tabs, each dedicated to a specific part of speech, and provides space for examples, definitions, and illustrations.
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19. Stick It to Learn It
For parts of speech or vocabulary practice, write words or prompts on sticky notes and place them around the room, on a board, or on designated areas. Students are tasked with identifying, sorting, or matching the sticky notes to specific categories, such as parts of speech, word families, or definitions.
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20. Parts of Speech & Popsicle Sticks
In this activity, each popsicle stick has a word written on it, such as a noun, verb, or adjective. Students place the sticks into labeled cups (e.g., Noun, Verb, Adjective) based on the word’s part of speech.
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21. Verb Shaker
Students use a plastic bottle filled with small slips of paper containing various verbs. By shaking the bottle and drawing a word, they engage in activities such as acting out, writing sentences, or identifying the verb’s tense.
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22. Splash and Spin
This fun and interactive activity helps students understand positional words using rubber ducks, water, and a DIY roulette wheel. Students take turns spinning the wheel. After the wheel lands on a word, they place the rubber duck in the corresponding position relative to the water container.
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23. Tic-Tac-Toe Phonics
Tic-Tac-Toe Phonics Practice is a fun, interactive way for students to practice their phonics skills while playing a familiar game. The tic-tac-toe board is modified with phonics-related challenges in each square, such as identifying a specific sound, blending sounds, or finding words that start with certain letters.
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24. Peel to Reveal
The Peel and Reveal Parts of Speech activity is an exciting way to reinforce grammar concepts through interactive questioning. Create a display or worksheet with peelable papers. Each flap features a question word like “Who?” “What?” “When?” “Where?” or “How?”
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25. Sentence Scramble
Students draw words from each bowl to create complete sentences using two bowls, each filled with separate words: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and other parts of speech. They can mix and match the words, practicing different sentence formations while learning about subject-verb agreement, word order, and punctuation.
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26. It’s Raining Verb
Students create a cloud craft with raindrop shapes, each containing a different verb. As they cut out and decorate the raindrops, they can write sentences using the verbs or act them out, reinforcing their understanding of action words
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27. Pronoun Flower
As they assemble the flower, they can discuss the function of pronouns in sentences and how they replace nouns. This visual and interactive approach helps reinforce pronoun usage, making grammar fun and engaging.
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28. Interactive Word Flip Charts
The flip chart is divided into sections or flaps, each featuring different parts of a word such as the beginning sound, middle vowel, and ending sound.
Students flip the sections to create new words, practicing blending sounds and identifying real and nonsense words.
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29. Exploring Positional Words
This activity helps students understand positional words like “on,” “under,” “inside,” “next to,” and “between” through hands-on play. Provide each student or group with a cup and a set of mini plastic bears.
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30. Pronoun Pizza
In this activity, students create a pizza-shaped worksheet where each pepperoni slice is detachable and has a related word written underneath it. Students can remove and place the pepperoni slices on the pizza to practice identifying and using different pronouns.
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