Sentence Analysis Can you spot the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and articles? To help drum the parts of speech into the children I have created a series of Powerpoints: I show a sentence, pick a word and on their small whiteboards they identify what it is. Quick and simple, the kids like it and is easily adapted.

The sly cat quickly jumped over the fat dog.

A huge rocket violently crashed into the blue planet

Silently the evil wizard cast a mean spell.

On the large table, sitting silently, was a huge beetle.

Above the small house, a beautiful eagle soared majestically.

The old man snored peacefully in a warm bed.

Noun A thing or object

Adjective Describes a noun

Describes the verb. Usually ends “ly”. Adverb Describes the verb. Usually ends “ly”.

Verb A doing word

Article “The”, “a” or “an”

Where something is – in, on, under etc Preposition Where something is – in, on, under etc