Parts of Speech test

Choose the part of speech for each underlined word:

Bernice is again enjoying the rain.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

Noun = person, place, thing, or idea

Rain is a thing - something you can touch and see.

Never peel the bark from a birch tree.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

Verb = an action

Peel mean to remove something - I can do the action.

Fasten your seat belt for the take-off.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

Remember, when you see an article (a, an, the) in front of a word, it is most likely a noun!

When is the next sunny day?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

Sunny describes what kind of day it is. Day is a noun.

What describes a noun? An adjective!

An iceberg was once sighted as far south as Bermuda.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• pronoun

Answer explanation

Once tells WHEN the iceberg was sighted - it describes the verb phrase (was sighted).

Adverbs answer how, where, when, under what condition, and for what reason.

The governor underwent a successful surgery.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

Underwent is the action - it describes how the governor went to surgery

Dad is using his power saw.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

Power describes what kind of saw it is. Saw is a noun.

Adjectives describe nouns.

The police suspect the man's chauffer, so they took his fingerprints from the car door.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

"So" joins the two complete sentences and is a conjunction.

The duck coats its feathers in oil.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

What does the duck do? He coats himself with oil. Coats is the action of the sentence.

Hot water is a good reviver of cut flowers.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• conjunction

Answer explanation

What kind of flowers? Flowers is a noun and cut describes the noun.

Adjectives describe nouns.