Let's Practice Parts of Speech!
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MAIN HALL
wc
ALERT!
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
Someone has stolen the museum’s most valuable artworks — The Noun of Knowledge, The Verb of Action, and The Adjective of Beauty.
The thief has left a note: "Find the parts of speech, and you’ll find your art!" The security doors are closing in 30 minutes. Let’s recover those paintings!
ROOM 1
Start by clicking on "Room 1".
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 1
In a sentence, what do we call a person, place, or thing?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 2
What shows an action or a state?
Preposition
Noun
Verb
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 3
What describes or modifies a noun?
Verb
Pronoun
Adjective
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 4
What takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition?
Noun
Adjective
Pronoun
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 5
What modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Room 1
Here you can put a highlighted title
Great Work!You have found all the works of art in this room including "The Noun of Knowledge!"
CONTINUE
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
A piece of the museum has been broken! Try again!
MAIN HALL
wc
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
ALERT!
Great work!
Great work solving Room 1, but there is still work to do to find all the missing artifacts!
ROOM 1
Click on "Room 2" to begin!
Room 2
The Verb of Action
Question 1
Click here to View The Task
Room 2
The Verb of Action
Question 2
What connects words or groups of words?
Conjunction
Interjection
Room 2
The Verb of Action
Question 3
What expresses a strong feeling or emotion?
Conjunction
Interjection
Room 2
Room 2
\The Verb of Action
The Verb of Action
Great Work!You have found all the works of art in this room including "The Verb of Action!"
CONTINUE
Room 2
The Verb of Action
A piece of the museum has been broken! Try again!
MAIN HALL
wc
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
ALERT!
Great work!
Great work solving Room 2, but there is still work to do to find all the missing artifacts!
ROOM 1
Click on "Room 3" to begin!
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 1
Which word in the sentence is a noun? "The cat is cute."
Cute
Cat
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 2
Which word in the sentence is a verb? "The woman runs quickly around the track."
Quickly
Runs
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 3
Which word in the sentence is a pronoun? "She gave a book to Tom"
She
Tom
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 4
Which word in the sentence is an adjective? "The red fox jumps over the dog."
Red
Over
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 5
Which of the following sentences correctly use a conjunction?
"He is tall and he is smart."
"They went to the park on a sunny day."
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 6
Which of the following sentences correctly use an interjection?
"I am excited to go to the store to get a new shirt later."
"Oh no! I forgot my keys at home!"
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Great Work!You have found all the works of art in this room including "The Adjective of Beauty"
CONTINUE
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
A piece of the museum has been broken! Try again!
Restart
Congratulations!
You have recovered all the museum's works!
Source & License: This learning activity is adapted from "Match the parts of speech with an example" by Otago Polytechnic, and "Find the nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs in the sentences", by Sarah Darling, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This remix by Saylor Academy includes adapted and original instructional. All instructional content, including AI-assisted adaptations and custom interactive learning activities created on Genially, is licensed by Saylor Academy under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. All Genially proprietary elements such as templates, themes, built-in assets, stock media, and other “Genially Content” remain subject to Genially's Terms of Service and are not covered by this Creative Commons license. These elements must remain embedded in the course and cannot be reused or redistributed independently.
Drag the words into the box labeled as its appropriate part of speech. Once you get all the words correct, click the "Continue" button.
Excited
Hungry
Environment
Forget
Doctor
Information
Prepare
Explain
Dangerous
Adjectives
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Nouns
Excited
Forget
Doctor
Hungry
Explain
Information
Dangerous
Environment
Prepare
Continue
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(ESL001) 1.1.2 - Parts of Speech
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Transcript
Let's Practice Parts of Speech!
Start
MAIN HALL
wc
ALERT!
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
Someone has stolen the museum’s most valuable artworks — The Noun of Knowledge, The Verb of Action, and The Adjective of Beauty.
The thief has left a note: "Find the parts of speech, and you’ll find your art!" The security doors are closing in 30 minutes. Let’s recover those paintings!
ROOM 1
Start by clicking on "Room 1".
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 1
In a sentence, what do we call a person, place, or thing?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 2
What shows an action or a state?
Preposition
Noun
Verb
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 3
What describes or modifies a noun?
Verb
Pronoun
Adjective
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 4
What takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition?
Noun
Adjective
Pronoun
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Question 5
What modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
Adverb
Preposition
Conjunction
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
Room 1
Here you can put a highlighted title
Great Work!You have found all the works of art in this room including "The Noun of Knowledge!"
CONTINUE
Room 1
The Noun of Knowledge
A piece of the museum has been broken! Try again!
MAIN HALL
wc
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
ALERT!
Great work!
Great work solving Room 1, but there is still work to do to find all the missing artifacts!
ROOM 1
Click on "Room 2" to begin!
Room 2
The Verb of Action
Question 1
Click here to View The Task
Room 2
The Verb of Action
Question 2
What connects words or groups of words?
Conjunction
Interjection
Room 2
The Verb of Action
Question 3
What expresses a strong feeling or emotion?
Conjunction
Interjection
Room 2
Room 2
\The Verb of Action
The Verb of Action
Great Work!You have found all the works of art in this room including "The Verb of Action!"
CONTINUE
Room 2
The Verb of Action
A piece of the museum has been broken! Try again!
MAIN HALL
wc
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
ALERT!
Great work!
Great work solving Room 2, but there is still work to do to find all the missing artifacts!
ROOM 1
Click on "Room 3" to begin!
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 1
Which word in the sentence is a noun? "The cat is cute."
Cute
Cat
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 2
Which word in the sentence is a verb? "The woman runs quickly around the track."
Quickly
Runs
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 3
Which word in the sentence is a pronoun? "She gave a book to Tom"
She
Tom
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 4
Which word in the sentence is an adjective? "The red fox jumps over the dog."
Red
Over
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 5
Which of the following sentences correctly use a conjunction?
"He is tall and he is smart."
"They went to the park on a sunny day."
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Question 6
Which of the following sentences correctly use an interjection?
"I am excited to go to the store to get a new shirt later."
"Oh no! I forgot my keys at home!"
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
Great Work!You have found all the works of art in this room including "The Adjective of Beauty"
CONTINUE
Room 3
The Adjective of Beauty
A piece of the museum has been broken! Try again!
Restart
Congratulations!
You have recovered all the museum's works!
Source & License: This learning activity is adapted from "Match the parts of speech with an example" by Otago Polytechnic, and "Find the nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs in the sentences", by Sarah Darling, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This remix by Saylor Academy includes adapted and original instructional. All instructional content, including AI-assisted adaptations and custom interactive learning activities created on Genially, is licensed by Saylor Academy under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. All Genially proprietary elements such as templates, themes, built-in assets, stock media, and other “Genially Content” remain subject to Genially's Terms of Service and are not covered by this Creative Commons license. These elements must remain embedded in the course and cannot be reused or redistributed independently.
Drag the words into the box labeled as its appropriate part of speech. Once you get all the words correct, click the "Continue" button.
Excited
Hungry
Environment
Forget
Doctor
Information
Prepare
Explain
Dangerous
Adjectives
Verbs
Nouns
Excited
Forget
Doctor
Hungry
Explain
Information
Dangerous
Environment
Prepare
Continue
Click the lightbulb to check your answers!