Parts of Speech

How many parts of speech are there in English?

• 1

• 7

• 8

• 10

Which part of speech uses non-words to express an emotion in a sentence?

• adjective

• emoji

• interjection

• pronoun

Identify the adverb: The dog greedily gnawed the bone.

• The

• greedily

• gnawed

• bone

Which part of speech tells what action is being done in a sentence?

Which part of speech describes a person, place, thing or idea?

• adverb

• verb

• adjective

• noun

Answer explanation

While a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea, the words used to describe them are called adjectives

Write all of the adjectives.

Answer explanation

interesting, clever, silk, wise, challenging, tiny, giant, angry, spotted

Choose the correct article: There was __ ant on the kitchen counter.

• the

• an

• a

• of

Choose an interjection that would be useful with this sentence: ____, I forgot my notebook.

Which part of speech tells how an action is done?

• verb

• noun

• article

• adverb

Identify 3 adjectives and their relevant nouns.

Answer explanation

blue sea, beautiful shore, tall tree, loud waves, sandy beach