Parts of Speech Activity

Choose which part of speech the highlighted word is:

She was wearing really beautiful earrings.

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Choose which part of speech the highlighted word is:

Wow, you have got a great score.

• interjection

• conjunction

• preposition

Choose which part of speech the highlighted word is:

The baby crawled under the bed.

• adverb

• conjunction

• preposition

Choose which part of speech the highlighted word is:

She quickly packed her bag and left.

• adverb

• adjective

• verb

Choose which part of speech the highlighted word is:

This is a depressing time to be living in London as people are arguing over the election.

• verb

• adverb

• conjunction

What part of speech is “originality”?

• adjective

• noun

• verb

• pronoun

What part of speech is “tire” in this example?

You tire me out.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

What part of speech is “very” here?

She is very uninclined to read the manuscript.

• noun

• preposition

• adjective

• adverb

What part of speech is “friendly”?

• adverb

• adjective

What part of speech is “oh,” as in “Oh, I didn’t know that”?

• conjunction

• interjection

• preposition