colouring words [parts of speech] [template]

an article There are two types of articles and they go before nouns.
Definite articles (THE)
and indefinite articles (A/AN).
Example : THE boy had AN animal.

common nouns A common noun is a word that represents a person, place or thing.
Most sentences contain at least one noun.
Example : The FARMER said his name was Tom.

proper nouns A proper noun is a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing.
Proper nouns always start with a capital letter.
Example : I’ve never been to EGYPT.

verbs A verb is a word that describes what the subject of a sentence is doing.
Example : Cameron BUILDS a house.

adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives can also be used to describe the qualities of someone or something.
Example : I like OLD houses.

pronouns A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun.
Example : Which of THEM do you prefer?

preposition A preposition is usually before the word that it relates to.
Prepositions are usually to do with time, position or movement.
Example : We walked TO the shop.

conjunction A conjunction is a word that is used to connect words.
Some common ones include and, or, but, because, for, if, and when.
You can remember them using the word FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

adverb An adverb is a word that can change or describe a verb or an adjective.
Adverbs are usually formed by adding -ly to the end of an adjective.
Example: Ali walked QUICKLY.

Look at the title of the activity. There are nine parts of speech listed below the title each with a different colour. As you hover over each heading, a message box will appear telling what each of the part of speech is with an example. In each of the sentences each word is set within an invisible frame, the background colour of which can be changed to any of the colours above. As you look at each sentence can you identify any common nouns, Proper nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and adverbs? If you can click on a word ONCE to change the colour to RED [an article]. Click on a word TWICE to change the colour to ORANGE [a common noun]. Click on a word THREE TIMES to change the colour to FUCHSIA [a Proper Noun] and so through the colours and parts of speech. Don't worry if you make a mistake just keep clicking on the word until the colour turns back to WHITE. If there any you are unsure about leave them WHITE. To start the activity again just refresh the page.