The following is a sample of what will be covered in class.

PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW

To students: Working with a partner, make the changes suggested at the bottom of this page. You may ask the teacher for assistance. Paragraphs will be read aloud in class.

The man walked along the street. The night was windy

and dark. A piece of newspaper blew along the street.

Somewhere a dog howled. The smell of the harbor filled

the air.

1. Change the concrete noun “man” into a proper noun.

2. Replace the verb “walked” with a stronger action verb that tells exactly how he walked.

3. Add an adverb in front of or after the word you substituted for “walked.”

4. Modify “night” with a descriptive adjective.

5. Add an adverb to the newspaper sentence. (You may change the verb)

6. After the verb howled, create a new sentence about the dog using a pronoun.

7. Form a compound sentence by combining any two of the simple sentences of your choosing.

8. Somewhere in the paragraph add a simile.

9. Add a prepositional phrase anywhere in the paragraph.

After you and your partner have completed the assignment, exchange with another group to make corrections before you read aloud.