Unit 1 Parts of Speech Study Guide

Parts of Speech Quiz

​Study Guide

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea.

• Examples: Daniel, London, table, hope

Mary uses a blue pen for her notes.

Multiple Choice

Find the NOUN(s): The dog ran through the alley.

• dog, ran

• through, alley

• the, dog

• dog, alley

Pronoun

Used in place of a noun or noun phrase to avoid repetition.

• Examples: I, you, it, we, them, those

I want her to dance with me.

Multiple Choice

Find the PRONOUN: Jack and Jill ran up the hill to fetch me a pail of water.

• ran

• me

• fetch

• water

Adjective

Describes, modifies, or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.

• Examples: cold, happy, young, two, fun

The little girl has a pink hat.

Multiple Choice

Find the ADJECTIVE: Commonwealth Charter Academy is a fantastic school.

• fantastic

• Charter

• school

• is

Verb

Shows an action or a state of being.

• Examples: go, speak, eat, live, are, is

I listen to the word and then repeat it.

Multiple Choice

Find the VERB: Mike and DJ hiked up the mountain.

• Mike

• hiked

• up

• the

Adverb

Modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It tells how something was done, how often, where, and when.

• Examples: slowly, very, always, well, too

Yesterday, I ate my lunch quickly.

Multiple Choice

Find the ADVERB: The baby cries loudly in the morning.

• baby

• cries

• loudly

• morning

Preposition

Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word.

• Example: at, on, with, from, in, about

I left my keys on the table for you.

Multiple Choice

The mouse ran away from me and into the woods.

What are the PREPOSITIONS?

• mouse, woods

• ran, me

• from, into

• away, ran

Conjunction

Joins two words, ideas, or phrases together and shows how they are connected.

• Examples: and, or, but, because, yet, so

I was hot and tired, but I still finished the race.

Multiple Choice

Find the CONJUNCTION: Mrs. Belluscio, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Schmidt, and Mrs. Hensel LOVE Literacy!

• and

• LOVE

• Literacy

• Mrs.

Interjection

A word or phrase that expresses a strong emotion. It is a short exclamation!

• Examples: Ouch! Hey! Oh! Well!

Wow! I passed my English exam.

Multiple Choice

Find the INTERJECTION: Wow! I loved that movie!

• Wow

• movie

• loved

• I

Multiple Select

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