Parts of Speech

What are "Parts of Speech"?

• The way natives of a country speak.

• The categories in which words are placed based on the work they do in sentences.

• The grammatical errors speakers make.

• The way you write a speech.

In English, how many main Parts of Speech are there?

• 8

• 4

• unlimited

• 9

Select the odd word that is NOT a "Part of Speech".

• Verb

• Adjective

• Conjunction

• Comma

Select the odd word that is NOT a "Part of Speech".

• Interjection

• Clause

• Conjunction

• Adverb

Select the odd word that is NOT a "Part of Speech"?

• Pronoun

• Preposition

• Present Tense

• Noun

Based on it's use in the following sentence, what part of speech is the underlined word ?

" John, please pass me the hammer."

• Verb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Preposition

Based on it's use in the following sentence, what part of speech is the underlined word?

"Hammer the nail into the wall."

• Adverb

• Noun

• Verb

• Pronoun

In which of the following sentences is the word "spring" used as an ADJECTIVE?

• The tired children stopped to rest and drink water from the spring.

• Alert firefighters can spring into action at a moment's notice.

• The Spring months are March, April, and May.

• Last Spring, we moved to Discovery Bay.

In which of the sentences below is the underlined word used as a CONJUNCTION?

• Sam has never failed an English test.

• Jamaican footballer Leon Bailey recently turned 23.

• Javoy was feeling a little under the weather this morning.

• Sam has never failed an English test, but his Math test scores have been dismal.

Select the sentence below that DOES NOT have a Pronoun agreement error.

• Jackie and Nettie had a pet Dalmation. They named it Spots.

• Mom and Dad bought me an alarm clock. Its helped me reduce tardiness.

• The drop in profits caused we to close the Kingston branch of DollarZone last month.

• Tammy and I, themselves, didn't know the answer.