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8 Parts of Speech

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Choose all the nouns in this sentence.


Wow, the hungry cat chased the frightened mouse under the table and quickly ate it.

a)

Wow, hungry, quickly

b)

Cat, mouse, table

c)

Table, under, cat

d)

It, ate, the

e)

chased, and, mouse

2.

Choose all the adjectives in this sentence.


Wow, the hungry cat chased the frightened mouse under the table and quickly ate it.

a)

Under, chased

b)

it, the

c)

table, mouse

d)

Hungry, frightened

e)

frightened, wow

3.

Choose all the adverbs in this sentence.


Wow, the hungry cat chased the frightened mouse under the table and quickly ate it.

a)

Under

b)

Wow

c)

Ate

d)

Quickly

e)

Hungry

4.

Choose all the articles in this sentence.


Wow, the hungry cat chased the frightened mouse under the table and quickly ate it.

a)

under, quickly, table

b)

the, the , the

c)

the, ate, it,

d)

wow, the, cat

e)

chased, mouse, the

5.

Choose all the prepositions in this sentence.


Wow, the hungry cat chased the frightened mouse under the table and quickly ate it.


Wow, the hungry cat chased the frightened mouse under the table and quickly ate it.

a)

table

b)

wow

c)

frightened

d)

hungry

e)

under

6.

Choose all the conjunctions in this sentence.


Wow, the hungry cat chased the frightened mouse under the table and quickly ate it.

a)

ate

b)

cat

c)

and

d)

the

e)

it

7.

Choose all the interjections in this sentence.


Wow, the hungry cat chased the frightened mouse under the table and quickly ate it.

a)

chased

b)

the

c)

mouse

d)

and

e)

wow

8.

Look at the word or words in bold in each sentence from “The Worst Birthday.” Decide which part of speech it is.


“If you can’t control that owl, it will have to go!”

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

article

d)

preposition

e)

adverb

9.

Look at the word or words in bold in each sentence from “The Worst Birthday.” Decide which part of speech it is.


“Do I look stupid?” snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy mustache.

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

verb

d)

adverb

e)

conjunction

10.

Uncle Vernon sat back down, breathing like a winded rhinoceros.


a)

adjective

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

adverb

e)

conjunction

11.

Harry Potter was a wizard — a wizard fresh from his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

a)

preposition

b)

article

c)

adverb

d)

conjunction

e)

adjective

12.

Harry, on the other hand, was small and skinny, with brilliant green eyes and jet-black hair that was always untidy.

a)

noun

b)

interjection

c)

Adjective

d)

conjunction

e)

adverb

13.

“I’ll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I’m not there,” said Harry dully.

a)

adverb

b)

adjective

c)

verb

d)

preposition

e)

noun

14.

The huge eyes blinked and vanished.

a)

interjection

b)

conjunction

c)

verb

d)

adverb

e)

adjective

15.

On top of the fridge stood tonight’s pudding: a huge mound of whipped cream and sugared violets.

a)

interjection

b)

conjunction

c)

article

d)

preposition

e)

adverb

16.

Harry crossed to his bedroom on tiptoe, slipped inside, closed the door, and turned to collapse on his bed.

a)

adjective

b)

preposition

c)

noun

d)

adverb

e)

verb

17.

The trouble was, there was already someone sitting on it.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

noun

e)

conjunction