Nouns

1. Explain what a noun is. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

2. Give examples of different types of nouns. Examples of person nouns might be teacher, doctor, student, friend. Examples of place nouns might be store, school, park, house. Examples of thing nouns might be pencil, book, computer, chair. Examples of idea nouns might be friendship, love, courage, respect.

3. Introduce common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns are the most general type of noun and refer to any person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are more specific and refer to a specific person, place, thing, or idea.

4. Introduce plural nouns. Plural nouns refer to more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

Verbs

1. Explain what a verb is. A verb is an action or state of being.

2. Give examples of different types of verbs. Examples of action verbs might be swim, run, jump, play. Examples of state of being verbs might be am, is, are, was.

3. Introduce regular, irregular, and helping verbs. Regular verbs are verbs that follow the same pattern when forming their past and past participle forms. Irregular verbs are verbs that follow a different pattern when forming their past and past participle forms. Helping verbs are verbs that assist in the meaning of a sentence.

Adjectives

1. Explain what an adjective is. An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

2. Give examples of different types of adjectives. Examples of descriptive adjectives might be tall, beautiful, loud, delicious. Examples of possessive adjectives might be my, your, his, her. Examples of demonstrative adjectives might be this, that, these, those.

3. Introduce comparative and superlative adjectives. Comparative adjectives are used to compare two things, while superlative adjectives are used to compare three or more things.

Adverbs

1. Explain what an adverb is. An adverb is a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

2. Give examples of different types of adverbs. Examples of adverbs of manner might be quickly, slowly, sweetly, clumsily. Examples of adverbs of place might be here, near, everywhere, inside. Examples of adverbs of time might be now, shortly, never, soon.

3. Introduce comparative and superlative adverbs. Comparative adverbs are used to compare two verbs, adjectives, or adverbs, while superlative adverbs are used to compare three or more verbs, adjectives, or adverbs.