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Parts of Speech (TB Unit 1 p9)

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
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1.

Nouns include words like "school", "Ms. Cheung", "pizza" and "Hong Kong".


What are nouns?

a)

words that identify people, places and objects

b)

words that describe how an object is or how it looks

c)

words that describe an action or activity

d)

words that connect two sentences together

2.

Which of the following words is an adjective?

a)

beautiful

b)

beautifully

c)

beauty

d)

beautician

3.

Interjections include words like "ah", "oh", "oh no" and "oh my gosh!"


What are interjections?

a)

words that show sudden emotion (e.g surprise)

b)

words that describe a noun

c)

words that describe a verb

d)

words that describe the place or direction of a noun

4.

"On Wednesday, I will finally meet my classmates in 1D!"


What part of speech is "finally"?

a)

adverb

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

interjection

5.

"Our class teacher told us that that we should come to school early tomorrow."


What part of speech is "told"?

a)

verb

b)

adverb

c)

interjection

d)

pronoun

6.

"Most of my friends travel to school by minibus, but I usually travel by MTR".


What part of speech is "usually"?

a)

preposition

b)

adverb

c)

noun

d)

pronoun

7.

"The 1D classroom is in Room 108 on the 1/F (first floor)".


What part of speech is "the"?

a)

pronoun

b)

noun

c)

article

d)

preposition

8.

"Oh no! I've forgotten to hand in my homework!"


What part of speech is "oh no" ?

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

interjection

d)

adverb

9.

"Please read quietly in the library," said the librarian.


What part of speech is "quietly"?

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

preposition

10.

"Please be quiet in the library," said the librarian.


What part of speech is "quiet"?

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

preposition

11.

"I enjoy listening to music while I do homework."


What part of speech is " I "?

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

verb

d)

connective

12.

"Wow, not many teachers let students call them by their first name!" said Ms Ng.


What part of speech is "wow"?

a)

adverb

b)

interjection

c)

noun

d)

article

13.

"Everyone usually laughs at my jokes, but Sarah didn't."


What part of speech is "at"?

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

article

d)

preposition

14.

"Everyone usually laughs at my jokes, but Sarah didn't."


What part of speech is "but"?

a)

noun

b)

connective

c)

article

d)

preposition

15.

"It's important not to break school rules, especially on the first day!"


What part of speech is "break"?

a)

verb

b)

adverb

c)

preposition

d)

noun

16.

"Everyone usually laughs at my jokes, but Sarah didn't."


What part of speech is "everyone"?

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

article

d)

preposition

17.

"She said it's always important to be polite and respectful."


What part of speech is "respectful"?

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

preposition

18.

"At my last school, even the students called the staff by their first names," said Mrs. Long


What part of speech is "at"?

a)

preposition

b)

interjection

c)

noun

d)

article

19.

"The principal tut-tutted at us as we arrived late."


In the sentence above, what part of speech is "tut-tut" ?

a)

interjection

b)

noun

c)

adverb

d)

verb

20.

Complete this sentence: "Did you know that tut-tut is not only a verb but also a noun and _______________".

a)

"...an interjection."

b)

"...an adverb."

c)

"...an article."

d)

"...a pronoun."

21.

"I'm sure Mrs Long knows that."


What part of speech is "sure"?

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

noun

d)

preposition

22.

Tick all answers that are correct:


Prepositions like at, to or over tell us...

a)

where something is

b)

what direction something is

c)

when something happens

d)

what flavour something is

23.

Adverbs usually have the suffix -ly.


What is a suffix?

a)

a letter or letters added to the end of a word to change its part of speech

b)

a letter or letters added at the start of a word to change its part of speech.

c)

a letter or letters added at the start of a word to change its meaning.

d)

a letter or letters added at the end of a word to change its meaning.

24.

Negative words usually have the prefix -un.


What is a prefix?

a)

a letter or letters added to the end of a word to change its part of speech

b)

a letter or letters added at the start of a word to change its part of speech.

c)

a letter or letters added at the start of a word to change its meaning.

d)

a letter or letters added at the end of a word to change its meaning.