Parts of a Sentence

As children become readers, they must understand the parts of a sentence. Parts of a sentence include nouns (words that name people, places, or things), verbs (words that show action), adjectives (words that describe nouns), adverbs (words that describe verbs) and articles (words that define nouns – a, the). Children will move from simple sentences to more complex sentences encountered in their reading and writing.

verb – skates

adverb - carefully.

article – The adjective - talented noun - boy

Parts of a Sentence

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crayon

rainbow

A noun – names a person, place or thing

Thing PlacePersonumbrel

la

heart

sun

watermelon

hotdog

bus

cupcake

mug

clock

globe

backpack

black belt

boy

girl

skater

school

stand

backyard

cookstude

nt

Pronouns – replace nouns

We like to cook.

They are brothers.

Plural

He likes to play soccer.

She loves her bear.

Singular Plural

I we me us he they she them you these her those he him it

Verbs – are words that show action, state of being, or say something about a noun or pronoun

Shows Action

State of Being

Says Something About a Noun or

Pronoun

is

likesloves

adoresdislikes

The girl

{verbs

watermelon.

The boy happy.

I

The girl

is

I am

talented.

am talented.

happy.

We are

friends.

makes

sells

eats

plays

The cook

The boy

The girl

He

.

.

.

.

She …

hockey

lemonade

watermelon

hotdogs

a one

small, yummy, tasty sweet,

delicious, vanilla

happy, excited,

delighted, proud, swift, fast, quick

Adjectives - describe nouns

How Many?

cupcake

runner

What Kind?

several many four

girls

boy

Which One(s)?

these

pears

this

cup

sometimesusuallyoften

always

herethere

outsidebeautifully

quickly smoothly

Adverbs - describe verbs

When?

smiles

How?

skates

Where?

sel ls

Articles- define nouns

I have a cupcake.

The girl likes lemonade.

The boy won five competitions in a year.

The girls need an afternoon to finish decorating.

Sentences

noun, verb, adjective, noun

noun, verb, adverb

Plural

pronoun verb noun.

She plays soccer.

Cindy cooks yummy hamburgers

Todd skates carefully

article, adjective, noun, verb, adverb

The talented boy skates carefully.

Classroom Lessons

Noun

s VerbsAdjective

sAdverb

sArticle

s

Materials

Photographs or picture cards

Pocket Chart andand

Sentence Strips

Practice With Nouns and Verbs…

Before showing the pictures cards, clip art, or photographs have your students name five nouns around the classroom. Then have them name verbs that go with the nouns said.

For example: nouns – teacher, student, plant, lamp verbs – teaches, learns, grows, shines

Next, show students different pictures. Have students say a noun and then a verb for each picture.

Possible nouns would include: boys, children, or kids. Possible verbs would include: eat, slurp or lick.

Extend the activity by having students add a noun following the verb. Ask – What are the boys eating? Response -ice-cream

noun verb noun Boys eat ice-cream.

Continue by adding adjectives. Adjectives describe nouns. Ask – What kind of ice-cream are the boys eating? Possible responses – yummy, delicious noun verb adjective noun Boys eat yummy ice-cream.

Next, extend this activity by using adverbs. Adverbs describe verbs. runs quickly, cries loudly, shines brightly

Find picture cards in which students can easily add an adverb. Ask - How do the horses run? Response – quickly noun verb adverb Horses run quickly.

Additional Lessons

Advanced Lesson –

Introduce article: the – to define a specific noun.

article noun verb noun The boys eat ice-cream.

The sentence is specific to the boys in the above picture (not all boys). article noun verb adverb The horses run quickly.

The sentence is specific to the horses in the picture (not all horses).

Use photographs or picture cards to make sentences.

noun verb noun Issabella reads cards.

noun verb noun adverb Issabella reads cards quickly.

article noun verb noun adverb The girl reads cards quickly.

noun verb article noun adverb Issabella reads the cards quickly.

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