Parts of Speech Song
Students (and teachers) remember best when they associate the unknown with the known. Often we can learn the lyrics to a catchy song or beat much more quickly than if we read just the words alone. It’s the association that helps us memorize and retain the information.
Check out the Parts of Speech Song and memorize the key definitions of each part of speech. Examples follow each definition.
The author of the Parts of Speech Song is Mark Pennington, author of Teaching Grammar and Mechanics and teacher of the best seventh graders in the universe.
Parts of Speech Song
A proper noun is capitalized and gives a name to a person, place, or thing.
Ms. Doe-Thomas, Inn by the Lake, Statue of Liberty
A common noun can have an article before an idea, person, place, or thing.
(a, an, the) peace, uncle, school, rock
A pronoun is used to take a noun’s place in the subject, possessive, or object case.
I, their, us
An adjective modifies a noun with Which One, How Many, or What Kind.
that bird, few students, dark chocolate
A verb can mentally or physically act or states what a subject is to be.
thought (past), speaks (present), will be (future)
An adverb modifies an adjective, adverb, or verb with What Degree, How, Where, or When.
less, carefully, there, later
A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses to coordinate, correlate, or subordinate.
nor, either-or, unless
A preposition shows a relationship to an object at the end of a phrase.
through the gate
An interjection is a sentence fragment used to show emotion.
Hey! Shame on you.
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Pennington Publishing Grammar Programs
Teaching Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics (Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and High School) are full-year, traditional, grade-level grammar, usage, and mechanics programs with plenty of remedial practice to help students catch up while they keep up with grade-level standards. Twice-per-week, 30-minute, no prep lessons in print or interactive Google slides with a fun secret agent theme. Simple sentence diagrams, mentor texts, video lessons, sentence dictations. Plenty of practice in the writing context. Includes biweekly tests and a final exam.
Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Interactive Notebook (Grades 4‒8) is a full-year, no prep interactive notebook without all the mess. Twice-per-week, 30-minute, no prep grammar, usage, and mechanics lessons, formatted in Cornell Notes with cartoon response, writing application, 3D graphic organizers (easy cut and paste foldables), and great resource links. No need to create a teacher INB for student make-up work—it’s done for you! Plus, get remedial worksheets, biweekly tests, and a final exam.
Syntax in Reading and Writing is a function-based, sentence-level syntax program, designed to build reading comprehension and increase writing sophistication. The 18 parts of speech, phrases, and clauses lessons are each leveled from basic (elementary) to advanced (middle and high school) and feature 5 lesson components (10–15 minutes each): 1. Learn It! 2. Identify It! 3. Explain It! (analysis of challenging sentences) 4. Revise It! (kernel sentences, sentence expansion, syntactic manipulation) 5. Create It! (Short writing application with the syntactic focus in different genre).
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