Parts of Speech - Diagnostic

Identify the part of speech:

She looked curiously at the yellow fish in the aquarium.

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

• Preposition

Identify the part of speech:

Swiftly, the sea lions surrounded Grandma Jean and my cousin.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

• Adverb

• Preposition

Identify the part of speech:

We watched the colorful creatures swim through the dark water.

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

• Noun

• Preposition

Identify the part of speech:

Jennifer smiled shyly at the students in her new class.

• Preposition

• Noun

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Verb

Identify the part of speech:

The caring teacher helped the student with her difficult homework.

• Noun

• Preposition

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

Identify the part of speech:

You must believe in yourself if you hope to be successful.

• Verb

• Noun

• Preposition

• Adjective

• Adverb

Identify the part of speech:

We left for the mountain just before six in the morning.

• Preposition

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

Identify the part of speech:

Marcus went to the grocery store to buy some chocolate milk.

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Preposition

• Verb

Identify the part of speech:

My mom is unfortunately too short to reach the top shelf in the cupboard.

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Preposition

• Verb

• Noun

Identify the part of speech:

The wind whistled and howled outside my bedroom window.

• Preposition

• Adjective

• Verb

• Noun

• Adverb