Welcome to our on-line resources for English Grammar: Parts of Speech!
Note that this is a “link buffet.” It is not intended that all of these resources be used. If you plan to use printables, a personal recommendation would be to print out all of the worksheets you plan to use and file them into a notebook or folder as shown (if you know what you’d like to study each week of the school year).
In the primary grades (K-2), our children learn quite a bit of English grammar through our custom-built plan based on the Words are Categorical book series by Brian Cleary (along with selections from Our Mother Tongue) and IEW’s Bible Heroes Writing Lessons. The Words are Categorical Books include the following (and several more!):
- A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun?
- I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?
- To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb?
- Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb?
- But and For, Yet and Nor: What Is a Conjunction?
- Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What Is an Interjection?
- Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition?
- Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective?
(Our custom-built plan was the result of concepts I found lacking in our oldest child before he went into a formal English grammar program called Essentials – and because our second child needed a bit of creativity in his English Grammar diet.) I highly recommend these resources for learning English grammar easily in the early grades!
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And now… for our English grammar resources! We provide the following list to others for reference, in case you’d like to easily find something to reinforce English grammar concepts in the midst of the school year.
Because of the enormous amount of time it takes for me to research in compiling these link lists, I ask that you do not copy and paste the links in other documents, websites, or emails, but instead send people to this webpage. Thank you for honoring this request!
English Grammar Resources
Parts of Speech
- Parts of Speech Musical Plates
- Parts of Speech Secret Agent
- Hot Wad
- French Fry Parts of Speech
- Go Fish Parts of Speech
- Grammar Definitions e-book
- Parts of Speech Card Game
- Free trial to Grammaropolis
- Grammaropolis App (Free Preview)
- Parts of Speech Word Dominoes
Pronoun Overview
- Pronoun File Folder Game
- Schoolhouse Rock Rufus… Pronoun Song
- Pronoun Song from Grammaropolis
- Pronoun Interactive Website by Grammaropolis
- Practicing Pronouns with Roy Orbison
- Pronoun Worksheet
- Pronoun Match Worksheet
- Pronoun Worksheets
- Personal Pronouns
- Pick-the-Pronoun Sheet
- Why do we need pronouns?
Types of Pronouns
- Subject (Nominative) Pronouns
- Object Pronouns
- Object Pronouns #2
- Possessive Pronouns
- Reflexive Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Pronoun Practice – to the Moon and Back
Adverb
- What is an Adverb? Worksheet
- Other Adverb Worksheets
- Adverb Worksheet
- Schoolhouse Rock Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Video
- Adverb Song Video from Grammaropolis
- Adverb On-line Interactive from Grammaropolis
- List of -ly words for writing
Sentences
Verbs
- I Spy Action Verbs
- Action Verb Worksheet
- Verb Worksheets
- Schoolhouse Rock Verbs Video
- Verb Song Video from Grammaropolis
- Verb On-line Interactive by Grammaropolis
- Grammar for Writers Lesson: Identifying Subjects & Verbs
Nouns
- Noun Worksheets
- Learning about Nouns with Noun Clown
- Post-it Note Noun Hunt
- Noun Cut-and-Glue Activity
- Noun Song Video from Grammaropolis
- Noun On-line Interactive by Grammaropolis
- Nelson the Noun On-line Book
- Noun Town Videos
- On-line Noun Quiz
- The Word-Eating Whale: Nouns vs. Verbs
- Noun Games
Noun Usages
Gerund
- What’s a gerund?
- Functions of a gerund worksheet
- Advanced: Verbals – Is it an infinitive, participle, or gerund?
- Gerunds Copywork Pages
Appositive
Conjunction
- Putting Sentences Together Worksheet
- Upper Grammar Worksheet: Conjunctions
- Conjunction Worksheets/Copywork
- Schoolhouse Rock Conjunction Junction Video
- Conjunction Grammaropolis Video
- Conjunction On-line Interactive by Grammaropolis
Coordinating Conjunctions
Adjective
- Adjective Lost/Found Brigade
- Alien Adjectives Worksheet
- Alphabetical Adjectives Connect-the-Dots
- Shooting Adjective Hoops
- Adjectives: A Touchy Subject Sensory Game
- Diagramming Sentences with Adjectives and Adverbs
- Schoolhouse Rock Unpack Your Adjectives Video
- Adjective Song by Grammaropolis
- Adjective On-line Interactive by Grammaropolis
- Adjective Worksheets
- REVIEW Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs: On-line Word Sort Game
- REVIEW Identify Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs: On-line Game
- Adjective Detective
- Race Around Noun, Verbs and Adjectives Game
Interjection
- Schoolhouse Rock Interjection Video Interjection Song by Grammaropolis
- Interjection On-line Interactive by Grammaropolis
English Grammar Picture Books
A fun way to learn the grammar of grammar!
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Our children enjoy the “Words are Categorical” books (e.g., I and You and Don’t Forget Who), and we own Word Fun because it contains stories of all of the parts of speech.
All Parts of Speech
Word Fun (A compilation of eight If You Were a… books: Pronoun, Noun, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition, Adjective)
Parts of Speech Tales
Pronouns
I And You And Don’t Forget Who: What Is a Pronoun?
If You Were a Pronoun
Mine, All Mine
Adverbs
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb?
Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs
Up, Up and Away
Suddenly Alligator
Verbs
To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb?
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs
Kites Sail High
Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day
Nouns
A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun?
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns
Merry-Go-Round
A Cache of Jewels
Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day
Conjunctions
Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!: A Book about Interjections and Conjunctions
But and For, Yet and Nor: What is a Conjunction?
Adjectives
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective?
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives
Many Luscious Lollipops
Interjections
Cool! Whoa! Ah and Oh!: What is an Interjection?
Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!: A Book about Interjections and Conjunctions
Other English Grammar Resources
- Basics of sentence diagramming
- How to diagram sentences chart
- Grammar Copywork Pages
- Grammar land Unit Study
- KISS Grammar
- Identifying decorations and dress-ups in reading (an activity for our Sign of the Beaver Book
Club that can be applied to any reading assignment). - Grammar Slammer Clue Cards
- On-Line English Grammar Usage Rules
- English Grammar Analysis – Understanding the Basics
- Holt Elements of Language (For middle school)
- Grammar Worksheets from Sinclair.edu
- Visit Institute for Excellence in Writing and create a free account to download audio and pdf freebies (including reading lists for “boys who would rather build forts all day”). Also be sure to “Like” Institute for Excellence in Writing on Facebook so that you can receive announcements of their free webinars.
Please notify us of broken links by leaving a comment or emailing me at halfahundredacrewood @gmail.com. And if you know of other English Grammar resources that are useful for your family, we would love for you to share them in the comments section!