Identify the Part of Speech Practice

Match the following parts of speech with their definitions.

• A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Verb

• A word that expresses an action or a state of being.

• Adjective

• A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

• Adverb

• A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• Noun

Today's sophisticated giants evolved from smaller (a)   airplanes.

• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Interjection
• Pronoun

In 1926, the Ford 4-AT Tin Goose carried thirteen passengers at a speed of (a)   mph.

• Noun
• Verb
• Adverb
• Adjective

Match the following parts of speech with their examples.

• Quickly

• Verb

• Run

• Adverb

• Under

• Preposition

• And

• Conjunction

Although it held only ten passengers, the 247 could cruise at 155 mph.

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

The Douglas DC-3 was an immediate success when it (a)   in 1936.

• Conjunction
• Preposition
• Interjection
• Adverb

Match the following parts of speech with their definitions.

• A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

• Adverb

• A word that expresses an action or state of being

• Adjective

• A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

• Verb

• A word that describes a noun

• Noun

Match the following parts of speech with their definitions.

• A word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence.

• Noun

• A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Verb

• A word that describes a noun.

• Preposition

• A word that describes an action or state.

• Adjective

The 1946 Lockheed Constellation sped its fifty-two passengers along at a speed of 300 mph.

• Adverb

• Conjunction

• Preposition

• Interjection

The swept-back wing, which appeared in a 1952 German plane, made speeds of 500 mph possible.

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb