Parts of Speech

Choose the subject:

The leaders of the army led the soldiers.

• leaders

• army

• led

• soldiers

Choose and identify the verb:

The tall man is not the leader of our army.

• is-action verb

• is-linking verb

• leader-action verb

• leader-linking verb

Choose and identify the verb:

Twenty-five boys are attending class.

• are-linking verb

• attending-linking verb

• are attending-linking verb

• are attending-action verb

Identify the part of speech of the italicized word(s):

The farmer will place the water jars into the cart.

• subject

• direct object

• indirect object

• object of the preposition

Identify the part of speech of the italicized word(s):

The girls are not happy.

• subject

• action verb

• direct object

• predicate adjective

After you've identified an action verb, you should ask yourself the question ______________ to identify the direct object?

• who

• what

• where

• to whom

The predicate can also be called

• a verb

• a noun

• a preposition

• a subject

Linking verbs link the subject to

• a direct object

• an indirect object

• a noun or adjective

• all of the above

Identify the part of speech of the italicized word(s):

The field is flat, but the ground is hard.

• conjunction

• adverb

• adjective

Identify the part of speech of the italicized word(s):

The field is flat, but the ground is hard.

• subject

• predicate noun

• predicate adjective

• direct object