Definitions of parts of speech

nouns – words that name people, places, things, and ideas
ex. man, museum, leash, love
verbs – words that express an action or state of being
ex. jump, hide, seem, is, are
adjectives – describing words; words that modify nouns or pronouns
ex. pretty, brown, lazy, awesome adverbs – words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
ex. softly, always, very, too
prepositions – words that show a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence
ex. about, at, before, in, under conjunctions – words that join other words or groups of words
ex. and, but, or, so, yet
interjections – words used to express emotion
ex. Wow! Ouch! Hooray! 

Parts of Speech

Song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNFPzUyHVOw

Main Parts of Speech 

So you wanna know about nouns, you wanna know about verbs 

And you probably know that there are several other types of words

So if you yearn to learn, hey, we’re psyched to teach

Now listen up and let me tell you about the parts of speech.

A noun is a person or a place or a thing

Like you or your school or all your bling-bling 

But the tricky kinds of nouns are ideas and thoughts 

Like your strength or intelligence

Man there are lots of these nouns

To list them all that would be impressive! 

But to describe them, all we need are adjectives

Like hot, cold, false, true, spicy and bland 

And now I think you understand.

Verbs. That’s what we call the action words

Anything you can do , even if it’s absurd

Whenever you eat, drink, move, think, go or stop

Even if you just are, that’s a verb that you’ve got,

“But, Mr. Jackson, how do I describe these words?”

You use another part of speech we call adverbs

Like loudly, proudly, and well, don’t ask me why, but 

Most of them end in -ly.

A preposition gives location, just so you know 

Whether an object is between, in, by, or below 

But it can also talk about time, as a matter of fact,

If something happened before this, or is gonna happen after that 

They always have a prepositional phrase

It’s the traditional way that every preposition operates

So just make sure that the object is there

Or else you’ll never know what goes where 

A conjunction joins phrases or words together 

Like and, but, or as, if, and whether

Some appear in pairs, like neither and nor.

You know I’d love to list them all but there are so many more

So let’s go on to pronouns, they replace nouns

So you can say “it” instead of saying the same noun again 

It can be just a breeze, you see

Instead of names, saying “he” or “she” 

Hold up! Almost, forgot about, the next one

I’m speaking, of course, of the interjection:

Whoa! yo! yikes! holy cow! 

You know the parts of speech, well I think, you do now. 

Attention parent teacher meeting

Parents meeting will be postponed till monday, February 5th, 2018 at 3:00 till 5:00. This is because we are still waiting for the results of the Arabic exams. Thank you for your understanding.

And we are back to school!

This week the students have been given a new way of writing notes which they can either have in their english notebook (preferably A4 format) or in a ring binder. Please make sure that the students are equipped with:

•  glue 
•  and that at home they have access to scissors and  coloured pencils.

Please make sure that for homework the colouring and cutting is done at home.
Glueing is only to be done in class to make sure they glue it the proper way

Ill be posting the papers on the blog so that if students loose or make a mistake they can print out the sheets again and start over.

Every week I will be posting the best kept notes and every month will select a winner in each class!

Please click here to get the material and have a look at the very bottom of the post to see this weeks neatest note taking student, Zoya!

Parts of speech:

Nouns: (Red) nouns – words that name people, places, things, and ideas
ex. man, museum, leash, loveVerbs: (Purple) verbs – words that express an action or state of being
ex. jump, hide, seem, is, are
Adjectives: (Brown) adjectives – describing words; words that modify nouns or pronouns
ex. pretty, brown, lazy, awesomeAdverbs: (Pink) adverbs – words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
ex. softly, always, very, too
Definitions to come next week when the students will have the lessons about the last 3 parts of speech.
Prepositions: (Green)
Conjunctions: (Blue)
Interjections: (Yellow)

Revision on the 4 types of sentences:

Declarative Sentences (Purple)
• make a statement
• punctuated by a period
• Ex: We always take spelling tests on Sunday. 

Imperative Sentences (Green)

• makes a command or polite request

• ends with a period or exclamation mark 

• Ex: Write your name at the top of the paper. 

Exclamatory Sentences (Pink or Red)
• expresses great emotion or excitement 

• ends in an exclamation mark
• Ex: I forgot to study last night! 

Interrogative Sentences ( Blue)
• asks a question
• ends in a question mark
• Ex: Will I be rewarded if I pass this exam?