Parts of Speech Flashcard

Front

Identify the part of speech for the highlighted word in: 'She was wearing really beautiful earrings.'

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Adjective

Answer explanation

Adjectives describe or modify nouns and pronouns. This word is describing the earrings, so it’s an adjective.

Front

Identify the part of speech for the underlined word: Wow!

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Interjection

Answer explanation

Interjections show excitement or emotion and are not connected to the rest of the sentence. Wow is showing amazement or surprise at the score someone has got.

Front

Identify the part of speech: The baby crawled under the bed.

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Preposition

Answer explanation

Prepositions show the relationship between nouns or pronouns and other words or elements in the sentence. In this case it is the relationship between the baby and where it crawled to.

Front

Identify the part of speech for the underlined word: quickly.

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Adverb

Answer explanation

Adverbs modify verbs, nouns, and other adverbs. This is modifying the verb packed.

Front

Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in: 'This is a depressing time in London.'

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Adjective

Answer explanation

This is an adjective and it is describing the noun time.

Front

Identify the part of speech for the underlined word: Take your first left then go over the bridge.

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Verb

Answer explanation

Verbs show actions or states of being. There is no subject in this sentence as it is a command/instruction, so the first word is the verb.

Front

Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in: 'There is a party next week though I don’t think I can go.'

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Conjunction

Answer explanation

Conjunctions join two or more words, phrases, or clauses together. This subordinating conjunction is joining two clauses.

Front

Identify the part of speech for the underlined word: 'He thinks we will arrive at roughly 5pm.'

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Pronoun

Answer explanation

Pronouns replace nouns. We is replacing the people the speaker is referring to.

Front

Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in: 'The music is very loud.'

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Noun

Answer explanation

A noun specifies people, places, things, or ideas. This noun is a thing, music.

Front

Identify the part of speech for the underlined words: 'not only' and 'but also' in the sentence: 'He goes to Spain often not only for the sun but also for the food.'

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Conjunction

Answer explanation

This is a correlative conjunction.