Parts of Speech

How many parts of speech are there in Standard American English?

• 4

• 7

• 8

• 10

A _______ is a word used to identify people, places, things, or ideas.

A word that modifies an adjective, verb, or adverb.

• Conjunction

• Adjective

• Interjection

• Preposition

• Adverb

A word that substitutes a noun or a noun phrase.

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Interjection

• Pronoun

• Noun

What is the adjective in the following sentence?

There are millions of gaseous bodies called stars.

Identify the VERB in the following sentence:

Gold melts at 1,063 degrees Centigrade.

• Gold

• Melts

• Degrees

• At

Is, am, are, was, were, be, been, and being are examples of what part of speech?

• Interjection

• Adverb

• Verb

• Adjective

Has, have, had, does, do, did, can, will, shall, could, would, should, must, may, and might are examples of what part of speech?

• Verb

• Pronoun

• Conjunction

• Preposition

An ___________ modifies the meaning of a noun or pronoun.

A __________ is a word that shows the relation between two or more things. _____________ are positional words.

• Preposition(s)

• Conjunction(s)

• Interjection(s)

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