Parts of Speech

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence: "She sings beautifully."

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

In the sentence "The cat chased the mouse," what is the part of speech of "chased"?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

• Pronoun

Identify the part of speech of the word "happiness" in the sentence: "Her happiness was contagious."

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

Identify the part of speech of the word "underneath" in the sentence: "The treasure was buried underneath the old tree."

• Pronoun

• Preposition

• Adverb

• Verb

Which part of speech is represented by the word "their" in the sentence: "The students forgot to bring their textbooks."

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

• Pronoun

The cat __________ across the yard.

In the sentence "Well, I guess we'll have to wait," what is the function of the word "Well"?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Interjection

What is the main function of conjunctions in a sentence?

• To express strong emotions

• To join words, phrases, or clauses

• To modify nouns

• To indicate time and location

In the sentence "The old, dusty book was hidden on the top shelf," which words are adjectives?

• the, old

• book, hidden

• dusty, top

• the, dusty

In the sentence "The cat licked its paws," what is the pronoun?

• licked

• cat

• the

• its