Identifying Parts of Speech

Identify the part of speech of the bolded word:

Mr. Montoya knows the way to the bakery even though he's never been there.

• noun

• adverb

• pronoun

• preposition

Identify the part of speech of the bolded word:

Homesickness became contagious in the young campers' cabin.

• noun

• adjective

• interjection

• verb

Identify the part of speech of the bolded word:

The server was not amused when he ordered green eggs and ham.

• noun

• verb

• pronoun

• adjective

Select all the nouns in the sentence:

The llama couldn't resist trying the lemonade.

• llama

• resist

• trying

• lemonade

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1B

Select all the nouns in the sentence:

It had been sixteen days since the zombies first attacked.

• sixteen

• days

• zombies

• attacked

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1B

Identify the part of speech of the bolded word:

As he looked out the window, he saw a puppy walk by.

• verb

• noun

• preposition

• adverb

Identify the part of speech of the bolded word:

The stars are twinkling.

• adverb

• preposition

• verb

• interjection

Identify the part of speech of the bolded word:

She loves her pink bunny slippers.

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• preposition

Select all the verbs in the sentence:

The band desperately needed a new drummer.

• band

• desperately

• needed

• drummer

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

Select all the verbs in the sentence:

The three-year-old girl ran down the beach as the kite flew behind her.

• girl

• ran

• beach

• flew