Worksheets8 Parts of Speech: Half-way There
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 54mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which adverb best completes the sentence?
She ____ laid the baby in the crib.
**the adverb needs to tell how
She ____ laid the baby in the crib.
**the adverb needs to tell how
a)
soon
b)
excitedly
c)
carefully
2.
Which adverb best completes the sentence?
_____, I baked brownies.
**The adverb needs to tell when.
_____, I baked brownies.
**The adverb needs to tell when.
a)
Yesterday
b)
Wisely
c)
Here
3.
Which adverb best completes the sentence?
Derek took his wagon ____.
**The adverb needs to tell where.
Derek took his wagon ____.
**The adverb needs to tell where.
a)
happily
b)
outside
c)
later
4.
Which adverb best completes the sentence?
Sam _____ slipped on the ice.
***The adverb needs to tell how.
Sam _____ slipped on the ice.
***The adverb needs to tell how.
a)
always
b)
accidentally
c)
below
5.
Which adverb tells where?
a)
upstairs
b)
neatly
c)
excitedly
d)
later
6.
Adverbs can describe_____, ______, & ______.
a)
nouns, verbs, adjectives
b)
verbs, adjectives, adverbs
c)
pronouns, verbs, adjectives
d)
verbs, adverbs, nouns
7.
What is the verb in this sentence?
Sal listens to his favorite song.
Sal listens to his favorite song.
a)
listens
b)
Sal
c)
song
d)
favorite
8.
What kind of verb is the red text?
The kitten slept on the couch.
The kitten slept on the couch.
a)
action verb
b)
helping verb
9.
What kind of verb is the red text?
The mailman dropped our package.
The mailman dropped our package.
a)
action verb
b)
helping verb
10.
They are singing for his birthday.
What type of verb is highlighted?
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
11.
Identify the red word: The pizza smells delicious.
a)
action verb
b)
linking verb
c)
helping verb
12.
Identify the helping verbs: You should have gone to the concert!
a)
should
b)
have
c)
should have
d)
should have gone
13.
Identify the adjective:
This old computer is dirty.
This old computer is dirty.
a)
This
b)
old
c)
computer
14.
Identify the adjective:
The shiny car caught his attention.
The shiny car caught his attention.
a)
shiny
b)
car
c)
attention
15.
Identify the adjective:
The brown banana was used to make bread.
The brown banana was used to make bread.
a)
The
b)
brown
c)
banana
d)
bread
16.
What word is being modified by the adjective in RED?
An elderly man sat on the shady porch.
An elderly man sat on the shady porch.
a)
elderly
b)
man
c)
sat
d)
porch
17.
Is the word in RED a proper noun or a common noun?
Old Faithful is a geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
Old Faithful is a geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
a)
Proper Noun
b)
Common Noun
18.
Which word is an example of a common noun?
a)
Bryce
b)
Brian
c)
Boy
d)
Blake
19.
What type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing?
a)
noun
b)
proper noun
c)
pronoun
d)
common noun
20.
What are the nouns in this sentence?
At the park there were many ducks.
At the park there were many ducks.
a)
park, ducks
b)
park, there
c)
there, were
d)
many, ducks
21.
Which best identifies the blue noun in the following sentence?
Carl's neighbor was playing his terrible music way too loud.
Carl's neighbor was playing his terrible music way too loud.
a)
Proper
b)
Abstract
c)
Common
d)
Concrete
22.
Which pronoun would best replace the red words in the following sentence?
"Let's think of a way to clean up litter," Matt and Lynn said.
"Let's think of a way to clean up litter," Matt and Lynn said.
a)
They
b)
Them
c)
Their
d)
Those
23.
Which pronoun would best replace the red word in the following sentence?
Lynn wants to help.
Lynn wants to help.
a)
Her
b)
They
c)
She
d)
Him
24.
Which word is a pronoun in the following sentence?
We play in the music room every day after school.
We play in the music room every day after school.
a)
Play
b)
Music
c)
Room
d)
We
25.
Which word is a pronoun in the following sentence?
Have you ever played in a band?
Have you ever played in a band?
a)
Have
b)
You
c)
Ever
d)
Played
26.
What is a pronoun?
a)
A word that takes the place of a noun.
b)
A word that takes the place of verbs.
c)
A word that takes the place of adjectives.
d)
A word that takes the place of adverbs.
27.
I am going to throw away the table because ___ is too dirty.
a)
it
b)
they
c)
its
d)
his
100 %
