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Parts of Speech

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)
1.

noun

b)
2.

verb

c)
3.

adjective

2.

Match the following

a)

cat

1.

noun

b)

small

2.

adjective

c)

crawling

3.

verb

3.

Match the following

a)
1.

cat

b)
2.

crawling

c)
3.

cute

d)
4.

desk

4.

Match the following

a)

noun

1.

turkey

b)

adjective

2.

short

c)

verb

3.

jumping

5.

They attended the concert last weekend.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

conjunction

d)

adverb

e)

pronoun

6.

Several cats ran into Rob’s garage.

a)

conjunction

b)

noun

c)

article

d)

verb

e)

pronoun

7.

The truck driver delivered the packages quickly.

a)

interjection

b)

adverb

c)

adjective

d)

verb

e)

noun

8.

Fast runners won all the awards at the track meet.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

interjection

d)

preposition

e)

conjunction

9.

My friends and I walked home after school.

a)

article

b)

pronoun

c)

preposition

d)

adverb

e)

verb

10.

I wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch yesterday.

a)

adverb

b)

A noun

c)

conjunction

d)

interjection

e)

article

11.

She was counting the ballots during social studies class.

a)

pronoun

b)

noun

c)

interjection

d)

adjective

e)

preposition

12.

Hey! That is my seat.

a)

verb

b)

preposition

c)

pronoun

d)

interjection

e)

article

13.

Will they finish the test on time?

a)

adjective

b)

verb

c)

noun

d)

pronoun

e)

adverb

14.

The diagram was pretty complicated for us.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

e)

interjection

15.

Reggie saw the awesome sight from the air.

a)

verb

b)

adverb

c)

conjunction

d)

adjective

e)

article

16.

Her sister is the oldest member of the group.

a)

adjective

b)

verb

c)

adverb

d)

noun

e)

pronoun

17.

Check the score, Tom.

a)

noun

b)

adverb

c)

verb

d)

adjective

e)

interjection

18.

They slowly carried the couch down the stairs.

a)

noun

b)

article

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

e)

verb

19.

Hurray! Our team has finally scored a touchdown.

a)

noun

b)

interjection

c)

adjective

d)

verb

e)

article

20.
Define a Noun
a)
An action
b)

A person, place, thing, or idea

c)

A word that introduces a prepositional phrase

d)
Connects two grammatical items together
21.

Define a verb

a)

An action

b)

A person, place, thing, or idea

c)

An emotional word that interrupts a sentence

d)

A word that takes the place of a noun

22.

How many parts of speech are there in English?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

e)

1

23.

a word used to identify people, places, things, or ideas

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

verb

d)

pronoun

e)

adverb

24.

a word that expresses emotion

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

interjection

d)

conjunction

e)

adverb

25.

What part of speech usually ends in

"-ly"?

a)

interjection

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

e)

preposition

26.

A part of speech that takes the place of a noun is called

a)

verb

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

27.

A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun is called

a)

verb

b)

conjunction

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

28.

What part of speech is the blue word?

He is strong.

a)

Pronoun

b)

Noun

29.
Find the noun.
a)
book
b)
happy
c)
run
d)
blue
30.
Find the verb.
a)
silly
b)
green
c)
write
d)
paper
31.
Find the adjective.
a)
walk
b)
yellow
c)
bus
d)
bug
32.
Find the noun.
a)
sing
b)
five
c)
clock
d)
red
33.
What is the adjective in the following sentence?
The blue house is on the end of the street.
a)
street
b)
house
c)
blue
d)
The
34.
Which word is a noun?
a)
winning
b)
window
c)
rough
d)
quickly
35.
What part of speech is the blue word?
Kevin likes to play hockey with the boys in his neighborhood.
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
pronoun
d)
adjective
36.

Match the following

a)

Noun

1.

pencil

b)

Verb

2.

babysit

c)

Adjective

3.

amazing

d)

Adverb

4.

carefully

37.

They attended the concert last weekend.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

conjunction

d)

adverb

e)

pronoun

38.

What did she ask you to do?

a)

Pronoun

b)

Conjunction

c)

Preposition

d)

Adjective

39.

He bought them a new football.

a)

Noun

b)

Pronoun

c)

Conjunction

d)

Verb

40.

I left my shoes under the kitchen table.

a)

Adjective

b)

Noun

c)

Preposition

d)

Pronoun

41.

If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.

a)

adverb

b)

conjunction

c)

verb

d)

adjective

42.

On Saturdays I work from nine to five.

a)

verb

b)

preposition

c)

adverb

d)

conjunction

43.

I want to go to a university in the United States.

a)

adjective

b)

preposition

c)

noun

d)

pronoun

44.

I'm sure I've met your girlfriend before.

a)

verb

b)

preposition

c)

interjection

d)

adverb

45.

Well, I don't think I'll be home before 6.

a)

interjection

b)

preposition

c)

pronoun

d)

conjunction

46.

Andy knocked on the door, but nobody answered.

a)

adverb

b)

adjective

c)

conjunction

d)

contraction

47.

After lunch let's go out for a coffee.

a)

pronoun

b)

preposition

c)

verb

d)

noun

48.
Person, place, thing or idea.
a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Preposition

e)

Adverb

49.
What is the adjective in the following sentence?
The blue house is on the end of the street.
a)
street
b)
house
c)
blue
d)
The
50.

Match the following

a)

noun

1.

student

b)

adjective

2.

blue

c)

verb

3.

study

d)

adverb

4.

correctly

51.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

student

book

apple

Maria

new

good

small

blue

study

work

eat

drink

quickly

correctly

slowly

softly

nouns
adjectives
verbs
adverbs
52.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

aw!

oops!

yay!

yikes!

you

he

they

we

under

above

in front of

behind

study

run

write

talk

intejections
pronouns
prepositions
verbs