Parts of Speech Wheel: Spin a Word Type

Parts of speech wheel with noun, verb, adjective and five more. Spin one and find an example in your book, or say a sentence that uses it, in class or at home.

Grammar warm-ups
Word hunts
Language learners

On this wheel

Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection

Why use a parts of speech wheel

All eight parts of speech are on the wheel. Spin one, and students hunt for an example in the book on their desk or say a sentence that uses it. It takes a minute, and it works at any level.

Open a grammar lesson
Spin a word type, and ask for three examples before the lesson starts.
Send students on a word hunt
Students find the part of speech on the wheel in the page they’re reading.
Practice building sentences
Language learners say a short sentence that uses the word type the wheel lands on.

This wheel wears the Wheel-ementary theme: crayons on a chalkboard, push pins and a gold-star arrow. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the parts of speech wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own part of speech picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 8 entries on the parts of speech wheel

Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Preposition
Conjunction
Interjection

Frequently Asked Questions

How many parts of speech are there?

English grammar usually counts eight, and all of them are on this wheel.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own part of speech picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.