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Parts of Speech Example Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following are examples of verbs?
a)
Hot, cool, false, true, spicy
b)
Eat, drink, move, think
c)
Loudly, proudly
d)
And, but, or, as, if, whether
2.
Which of the following are examples of adjectives?
a)
Whoa, yikes, wow
b)
Loudly, proudly
c)
Hot, cool, false, true, spicy
d)
And, but, or, as, if, whether
3.
Which of the following are examples of adverbs?
a)
Loudly, proudly
b)
And, but, or, as, if, whether
c)
Eat, drink, move, think
d)
Whoa, yikes, wow
4.
Which of the following are examples of conjunctions?
a)
Eat, drink, move, think
b)
Hot, cool, false, true, spicy
c)
Whoa, yikes, wow
d)
And, but, or, as, if, whether
5.
Which of the following are examples of interjections?
a)
And, but, or, as, if, whether
b)
Eat, drink, move, think
c)
Yikes, woah, wow
d)
Loudly, proudly
6.
Identify the part of speech of the word in red below:
Hey, can you help me with this box or hold the door open for me?
a)
preposition
b)
conjunction
c)
noun
d)
adverb
7.
Identify the part of speech of the word in red below:
Hey, can you help me with this box or hold the door open for me?
a)
conjunction
b)
interjection
c)
pronoun
d)
noun
8.
Identify the part of speech of the word in red below:
Jim was really tired after the long, difficult day.
a)
conjunction
b)
preposition
c)
verb
d)
noun
9.
Identify the part of speech of the word in red below:
Jim was really tired after the long, difficult day.
a)
verb
b)
adverb
c)
noun
d)
adjective
10.
Identify the part of speech of the word in red below:
Jim was really tired after the long, difficult day.
a)
adverb
b)
preposition
c)
adjective
d)
conjunction
11.
Identify the part of speech of the word in red below:
The Bronchos beat the Mavericks!
a)

preposition

b)

prepositional phrase

c)

proper noun

d)
pronoun
12.
Identify the part of speech of the word below:
An
a)
Conjunction
b)
Article
c)
Preposition
d)
Pronoun
13.

Identify the part of speech of the word below:

it

a)
Conjunction
b)
Article
c)
Preposition
d)
Pronoun
14.
Identify the part of speech of the word below:
Under
a)
Conjunction
b)
Article
c)
Preposition
d)
Pronoun
15.
Identify the part of speech of the word below:
Daniel
and I quickly ran to the corner bakery.
a)
Article
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
d)
Proper Noun
16.
Where is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

Mary ate an apple between the rehearsals.

a)
Mary ate
b)
between the rehearsals
c)
an apple between
d)
the rehearsals
17.
What do pronouns replace?
a)
prepositions
b)
verbs
c)

nouns

d)
adjectives
18.
Which part of speech expresses action or a state of being?
a)
adverb
b)
interjection
c)
preposition
d)
verb
19.
What is an adjective?
a)
A word that describes nouns and pronouns
b)
An interrupting word
c)
A word that is a person, place, thing, or idea
d)
A word that connects phrases and clauses 
20.
What part of speech would you use to describe where, when, or the direction in which something is going?
a)
conjunction
b)
preposition
c)
interjection
d)
pronoun
21.
Read the sentence, and choose the noun
The scruffy dog barked loudly. 
a)
barked
b)
loudly
c)
dog
d)
scruffy
22.
Choose the sentence where the verb is in blue. 
a)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
b)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
c)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
d)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice ream cone. 
23.

What part of speech is the?

We went to the store quickly after dark.

a)

adverb

b)

article

c)

interjection

d)

verb

24.

What part of speech is her?

Sally slept all night with her stuffed animal in the bed.

a)

adverb

b)

preposition

c)

pronoun

d)

conjunction

25.

What part of speech is "and"?

The school library is full of new books, and I can't wait to read them all!

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

conjunction

d)

verb

26.

What is the adverb in this sentence?

Sally read that book quickly so she checked out another one.

a)

another

b)

read

c)

quickly

d)

so

27.

What is the preposition in the sentence?

My favorite series in the library is probably the Theodore Boone series.

a)

favorite

b)

probably

c)

in

d)

my

28.

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

My teacher read us a story about children from long ago.

a)

teacher

b)

us

c)

children

d)

from

29.

What is the verb in this sentence?

I just cannot look at this!

a)

just

b)

I

c)

cannot

d)

look

30.

What is the adjective in this sentence?

The bright sun made softball practice so hot today.

a)

bun

b)

softball

c)

hot

d)

practice

31.
Hey! You broke my new pencil!
a)
Noun
b)
Pronoun
c)
Adjective
d)
Preposition
32.

What is the adjective in this sentence?

The cooks made all the teachers a special dessert.

a)

made

b)

cooks

c)

special

d)

dessert

33.

What are examples of state of being verbs?

a)

happy, tired, excited

b)

is, are, were

c)

run, talk, smile

d)

for, around, up

34.

Find the interjection in the following sentence.

Oh, I thought I knew the definition of that word.

a)

Oh

b)

knew

c)

definition

d)

word

35.
A conjunction is a part of speech that
a)
has a function
b)
connects words and phrases
c)
describes functions
d)
transitions between paragraphs
36.

Which is the action verb in this sentence?

He found one on the top shelf.

a)

he

b)

one

c)

found

d)

on

37.

Which is the being verb in the sentence?

This class is the best!

a)

this

b)

class

c)

is

d)

best

38.

Which is the being verb in the sentence?

I am a very good artist.

a)

I

b)

very

c)

good

d)

am