Learning the 8 Parts of Speech

Add a catchy tune to the 8 parts of speech, and it is so much easier to memorize what they are.  When talking about verbs, my kids can't help but to sing "a verb is a word, an action word."  First I go over the lesson in their language books and then we watch a little clip put to music.  I am going to share those resources with you today. School House and Grammaropolis are by far the favorites and we watch them over and over again.


1.  A Noun

• Names a person, place, thing or idea.
• dog, park, chair, cat...

School House Rock - What is a Noun

The Noun Song

Grammaropolis Noun Town

2. Pronoun 

• Is a word used in place of a noun.
• She, we, they, he...

School House Rock - Pronouns

Grammaropolis - Pronouns

Pronouns

3. Verb 

• Expresses an action or state of being.
• Jump, is, write, become....

A Verb is a Word Rap

Grammaropolis - Verbs

School House Rock

4. Adjective

• Modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
• Big, red, interesting, tall, skinny....

Grammaropolis - Adjectives

Grammar Music Rock

5. Adverb

• Describes a verb, adjective or adverb. Tell how, when or where about a verb.
• Quickly, silently, very, badly...

School House Rock - Adverbs

Grammar Rock - Adverbs

Grammaropolis - Grammar

6. Prepositions

• Links a noun to another word. Shows position or how things go together. They start prepositional phrases.
• To, at, after, on but, across, above...

Prepositions by the Bazillions

School House Rock

What is a Preposition

Grammaropolis

Scratch Garden

7. Conjunctions

• Joins clauses, sentences or words together.
• And, but, or...

Grammaropolis

School House Rock

8. Interjections

• Express strong or sudden feeling, a short exclamation. Usually 1 or 2 words that come at the beginning of a sentence. 
• Hooray! Wow! Yuck! Ouch!

School House Rock

Grammaropolis

For all you Star Wars Fans! School House Rock song

There are so many resources online, you can teach grammar without ever buying a book.  You can even find worksheets online if that is something your kids like to do.

Grammar Revolution - Learn what the parts of speech are

Daily Grammar Do a grammar lesson a day

Grammar worksheets

Worksheets - There are some freebies on this site as well as pay for.

Learn to Diagram Sentences

Daily Grams - Lots of Levels to choose from

What resources do you use for grammar? Leave a comment below.  If you have a website with grammar worksheets, I would love to add it above.