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Features

  • Name the part of speech of the underlined word
  • Tell what the word does: names, shows action, tells how
  • Sort the underlined words into a table
  • Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Know nouns, pronouns, and verbs
  • Know adjectives and adverbs
  • Explain what each part of speech does
  • Find each part of speech in a sentence

How to Use This Pack

Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1 and 4: students name the part of speech of the underlined word. Pages 2 and 5: students circle what the underlined word does in the sentence. Page 3: students sort ten underlined words into a table by part of speech. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.

In the Classroom

Give each part of speech a color and have students highlight a sentence from their reading word by word.

At Home

Play "change one word": swap the adjective or the adverb in a sentence and see how it changes.

Tips for Success

  • A noun names a person, animal, place, or thing
  • A pronoun stands for a noun
  • An adjective tells about a noun
  • An adverb tells how, when, or where
  • Check the answer key

Parts of Speech

3rd Grade

Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, and the job each one does in a sentence. Students name the part of speech of an underlined word, tell what it does, and sort the words of sentences into a table.

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  • 5 worksheets
  • 5 answer key pages
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