Parts of Speech Review

Read the sentence.

The exhausted runners slowly crossed the finish line after the difficult race.

Which word is an adverb?

• exhausted

• runners

• slowly

• difficult

Read the sentence.

Although Maya was nervous, she confidently presented her project to the class.

What part of speech is nervous?

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

• Verb

Compare the sentences.

Sentence 1: We watched the light shine through the window.
Sentence 2: Maria carried a light backpack to school.

How does the word light function differently in the two sentences?

• It is a verb in Sentence 1 and a noun in Sentence 2.

• It is an adjective in Sentence 1 and an adverb in Sentence 2.

• It is a noun in Sentence 1 and an adjective in Sentence 2.

• It is a noun in both sentences.

Read the sentence.

Before the concert, hundreds of excited fans waited outside the stadium.

Which word functions as a preposition?

• Before

• excited

• waited

• stadium

Read the sentence.

Wow! That enormous wave nearly reached the boardwalk!

Which word is an interjection?

• Wow

• enormous

• nearly

• reached

Identify ALL the verbs in the sentence.

The soup smelled delicious, but Marcus refused to taste it.

• soup

• smelled

• delicious

• refused

• taste

Read the sentence:

Although the assignment seemed difficult, the determined students worked carefully and completed it successfully.

Which THREE statements are correct?

• difficult functions as an adjective.

• determined functions as a verb.

• students functions as a noun.

• carefully functions as an adjective.

• completed functions as a verb.

Read the sentence:

After Sofia and Mia finished their science project, they presented it to the class.

Who is pronoun they referring to in the sentence?

• science project

• Sofia and Mia

• Sofia

• class

Read the sentence:

During the storm, the frightened puppy hid beneath the kitchen table.

Which word is a preposition that shows the relationship between the puppy and the table?

• During

• frightened

• beneath

• hid

Read the sentence:

Elena wanted to attend the concert, but she had to finish her project first.

Which word is a conjunction, and what is its purpose in the sentence?

• wanted — connects Elena to an action

• but — connects two contrasting ideas

• she — connects the subject to the verb

• first — connects the order of events