This site from Capital Community College Foundation provides all the different parts of speech and their definitions. It also shows word functions and their use.

Verbals are verbs disguised as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Verbals come in three forms: gerunds, infinitives, and participles. Gerunds are verbs that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Participles end in "-ing," "-ed," "-d," "-t,"...

English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of words associated with map directions. Level 3 adjectives and adverbs are also emphasized on this assessment.

This tutorial begins with a slide show which defines nominalizations; gives examples of adjectives and adverbs changed into nouns, gerunds, and infinitives. Practice with simplifying nominalizations is provided. It also offers a YouTube...

This eleven-part learning module provides a fun review of the seven main parts of speech, as well as, concrete/abstract nouns, collective nouns, comparative/superlative adjectives and adverbs, and collective nouns. These are presented...

[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets can help students practice the Common Core State Standards skill of using words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including...

This slideshow lesson focuses on using sentence structure and parts of speech to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. It explains how to look for parentheses or commas after unfamiliar words to help determine meaning; it also shows...

In this activity, The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, written by Stan Berenstain, is used as a mentor text. Young scholars will record their favorite adjectives from the mentor text, rank them according to their favorite, and...

In this instructional activity, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book written by Mary O'Neill and Red Sings, and From Treetops: a Year in Colors, a book by Joyce Sidman, are used as mentor texts. Students will brainstorm to collect...

This entry defines qualifiers/intensifiers (very, too, so, quite, rather), explains their purpose, and provides examples.

This lesson introduces how to use commas with coordinating clauses and conjunctive adverbs.

This lesson focuses on misplaced modifiers including adjectives, adverbs, phrases, and clauses and dangling modifiers. It discusses each, provides examples, explains how to correct them, and offers links to exercises and a post-quiz.

Rules and examples for using hyphens when writing compound adjectives ending in a past participle.

For this lesson, students write a descriptive essay about an historical event as seen through the eyes of an alien from a different planet and time. The lesson encourages the use of colorful and exciting adjectives, adverbs, and verbs in...

Choose the right word using an adjective or adverb from a provided drop down list. Check your answers by clicking on the box at the bottom of the page.

A clear comparison of adverb and adjective function in sentences for the advanced English learner. Two practice exercises can be printed.

This slideshow lesson focuses on modifiers; it defines them and offers things to remember about them. It also provides three sentences for student practice in identifying them followed by answers and explanations.

This tutorial shows how adverbs modify adjectives and other adverbs. It also has a 10-question printout quiz.

This section of an online grammar guide from the University of Calgary provides a review of and an interactive exercise on identifying how clauses function in sentences (as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs).

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs through explanations and examples. Also learn to distinguish between words and phrases and between form and...

Match each of these six adverbs with an appropriate adjective. Answers can be checked when completed, and a percentage score is displayed.

Match each of these six adverbs with an appropriate adjective. Answers can be checked when completed, and a percentage score is displayed.

Match each of these six adverbs with an appropriate adjective. Answers can be checked when completed, and a percentage score is displayed.

Match each of these six adverbs with an appropriate adjective. Answers can be checked when completed, and a percentage score is displayed.