Basic Parts of Speech Practice 1

shows action or state of being

• verb

• noun

• pronoun

• adverb

• adjective

a word that shows relationships in time, space, or thought

• preposition

• interjection

• conjunction

• adverb

• adjective

a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses

• preposition

• interjection

• conjunction

• adverb

• adjective

a person, place, or thing

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

• conjunction

• adjective

a word that modifies a noun or pronoun

• noun

• pronoun

• verb

• conjunction

• adjective

a word that interrupts to express strong emotion

• preposition

• interjection

• verb

• conjunction

• adverb

a word that replaces and refers to a noun

• preposition

• pronoun

• verb

• conjunction

• adjective

a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb; shows how, when, where, or to what extent

• adverb

• pronoun

• verb

• noun

• adjective

Read the sentence below. Then identify all the words that are used as nouns in the sentence. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

Sunburned children eagerly jumped off the pontoon and swam across the lake.

• sunburned

• children

• the

• pontoon

• lake

Read the sentence below. Then identify all the words that are used as verbs in the sentence. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

Sunburned children eagerly jumped off the pontoon and swam across the lake.

• sunburned

• eagerly

• jumped

• off

• swam