8 Parts of Speech

takes the place of a noun

• adverb

• pronoun

• adjective

• conjunction

joins words together

• interjection

• conjunction

• preposition

• adjective

In the following sentence, which word is the interjection?

"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"

• and

• ouch

• quickly

• tall

The FANBOYS are:

• for, and, not, but, or, yet, so

• for, an, nor, but, or yet, so

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• for, and, nor, but, or, yes, so

shows excitement or emotion

• preposition

• noun

• adverb

• interjection

In the following sentence, which word is the Proper noun?

"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"

• knee

• hurdle

• Mike

• over

In the following sentence, which word is the adverb?

"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"

• hurdle

• jumped

• quickly

• over

shows placement or direction

• noun

• interjection

• preposition

• verb

In the following sentence, which word is the conjunction?

"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"

• Mike

• jumped

• and

• ouch

In the following sentence, which word is the preposition?

"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"

• over

• ouch

• and

• his