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Parts of Speech - Mixed
4th Grade
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
4.20.A*
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use and understand the function of the following parts of speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:
- verbs (irregular verbs);
- nouns (singular/plural, common/proper);
- adjectives (e.g., descriptive, including purpose: sleeping bag, frying pan) and their comparative and superlative forms (e.g., fast, faster, fastest);
- adverbs (e.g., frequency: usually, sometimes; intensity: almost, a lot);
- prepositions and prepositional phrases to convey location, time, direction, or to provide details;
- reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves);
- correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor); and
- use time-order transition words and transitions that indicate a conclusion;
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
4.11.D
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edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
- (i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
- (ii) past tense of irregular verbs;
- (iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
- (iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
- (v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;
- (vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
- (vii) pronouns, including reflexive;
- (viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
- (ix) capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;
- (x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and
- (xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
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 4th Grade Writing - Parts of Speech - Mixed Lesson
Parts of Speech
Words are classified into parts of speech based on their functions in a sentence.
- Nouns
- words that name persons, places, things, animals, or ideas
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Nouns are the subjects of sentences or the objects of verbs or prepositions.
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Nouns can be singular or plural.
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friends (plural)
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Nouns can be common or proper.
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Fluffy (proper)
- Pronouns
- words that fill in for nouns
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Pronouns can be subjects or objects in sentences.
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me, you, him, her, it, us, them (objects)
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Pronouns can be possessive.
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mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
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Pronouns can be reflexive.
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myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
- Verbs
- action or state of being words
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Verbs change form based on tense.
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I measured carefully. (past)
I will measure carefully. (future)
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Verbs agree with subjects of sentences.
Singular subjects agree with singular verbs.
Plural subjects agree with plural verbs.
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They are nice. (plural)
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Verbs are the main parts of the predicates of sentences. |
- Adjectives
- words that describe nouns or pronouns
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Adjectives can be generally descriptive. |
the blue hat
the soft kitten
the gentle giant
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Adjectives can describe a noun's purpose.
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frying pan
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Adjectives can be limiting. |
There are just two boxes left to unpack.
He wanted those markers.
I want that one.
The articles - a, an, and the - are also limiting adjectives.
An example of a great dog is the poodle.
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Adjectives can be comparative or superlative.
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His dog was bigger than my dog.
biggest, highest, best (superlative)
Kerry was the best swimmer on the team.
- Adverbs
- words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
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Adverbs can describe time order of actions. |
First, he packed his lunch. Then, he packed his backpack. He packed his gym clothes last.
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Adverbs can describe manner, or how, actions occur. |
The kitten stretched lazily, but then quickly jumped up and ran to the window. She intently watched the birds flittering outside.
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Adverbs can describe frequency. |
She always does her homework. She usually finishes it before dinner, and she never watches television before it is complete.
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Adverbs can describe intensity. |
He was too embarrassed to admit that he was very hurt by the way everyone laughed at his barely understandable English.
- Prepositions
- words that make connections between ideas in a sentence
Prepositions start prepositional phrases, which end with nouns or pronouns that are the objects of the preposition.
Prepositional phrases can help to show:
location time directiondetails
Warren entered the building on the west side, so he could store his science project under the sink in the science lab.
Before work, Mom packs me snacks that I can eat during the school day or right after soccer practice.
If you ride to the north, you will be heading toward Oklahoma.
The poem by Carl Sandburg was about a hammer.
- Conjunctions
- words that join other words, phrases, and clauses together
Conjunctions can be coordinating conjunctions.
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Coordinating conjunctions join words or ideas of equal importance.
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Kenneth and Barbara are siblings, but they have different addresses.
Conjunctions can be correlative conjunctions.
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Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to connect words and ideas of equal importance. |
I am going to eat either a burger or macaroni and cheese for dinner.
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