Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for teaching students to recognize and understand the function of various parts of speech. The apparatus includes a plurality of parts of speech cards corresponding to the various parts of speech. Each part of speech card includes a first side having information thereon that provides a clue as to the part of speech, and a second side having thereon the name of the part of speech and instructions directing the student to mark a word corresponding to that part of speech in a particular manner. The method includes matching to each word in a sentence a first side of a part of speech card and then reversing the matched parts of speech cards, thereby to identify the parts of speech. The method also includes the steps of marking the words of the sentence in the manner directed by the second sides of the parts of speech cards.