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Parts of Speech

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the noun: Word histories, or etymologies, show how meanings change.

a)

show

b)

etymologies

c)

change

d)

or

2.

Identify the verb: Sometimes a word's meaning changes gradually.

a)

sometimes

b)

meaning

c)

changes

d)

gradually

3.

Identify the adverb: Nice originally meant "frivolous" or "ignorant."

a)

nice

b)

originally

c)

meant

d)

or

4.

Identify the noun: In the thirteenth century, nice meant "foolish."

a)

In

b)

nice

c)

meant

5.

Identify the adjective: Later, a shy person was called nice.

a)

Later

b)

shy

c)

person

d)

was called

6.

Identify the preposition: During the 1700s, the word nice started to mean "agreeable."

a)

during

b)

1700s

c)

word

d)

started

7.

Identify the adjective: "Nice guys finish last," claimed baseball manager Leo Durocher.

a)

Nice

b)

guys

c)

finish

d)

claimed

8.

Identify the pronoun: Would you be pleased or insulted if someone called you nice?

a)

pleased

b)

or

c)

insulted

d)

someone

9.

Identify the noun: Nice, wonderful, and great are used so often that they are tired words.

a)

and

b)

are used

c)

they

d)

words

10.

Identify the verb: You should try to avoid tired words when you write.

a)

You

b)

should try

c)

to

d)

tired