Parts of Speech

Put a check mark next to all of the nouns in the following sentence:

The dog excitedly gave Miss Mashburn an invitation.

• excitedly

• dog

• gave

• Miss Mashburn

• invitation

Which words are the adverbs in this sentences?

Phillip sings very loudly.

• Phillip

• sings

• very

• loudly

What part of speech is the word "asked" in the following sentence?

My friend asked if I wanted to go to the movies.

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

Put a checkmark next to the pronouns in this sentence.

She couldn't wait to go to her ballet class.

• She

• class

• wait

• ballet

• her

Which conjunction best completes the sentence?

He reads magazines, _______ he doesn't like to read books

• and

• so

• but

• or

• either

My orange cat swiftly climbed the striped curtains and got in big trouble.

Which words are adjectives in this sentence?

• orange

• striped

• big

• trouble

• swiftly

What part of speech is the word "under" in the following sentence?

Mary was sitting under the oak tree.

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• preposition

What part of speech is the word "Wow" in the following sentence?

Wow!! You are so smart! :)

• preposition

• adjective

• pronoun

• interjection

Select all of the prepositions in the following sentence.

Their van is driving on a side road in northern Missouri.

• their

• van

• on

• in

• driving

Select all of the verbs in the following sentence.

She should have studied for the test.

• She

• should

• have

• studied

• test