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PARTS OF SPEECH

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.

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

3.

Which of the following does an adverb modify?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Conjunction

d)

Preposition

4.

He throws the ball. He is what part of speech?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Preposition

d)

Pronoun

5.

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the championship, and we had a parade downtown. What part of speech is and?

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

c)

Interjection

d)

Conjunction

6.

Wow! The Angels are going to the World Series! What part of speech is Wow?

a)

Interjections

b)

Prepositions

c)

Conjunctions

d)

Pronouns

7.

The school smells funny. What part of speech is smells?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

8.

In the following sentence, which word is the preposition?


"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!"

a)

over

b)

ouch

c)

and

d)

his

9.

This part of speech modifies a verb and often ends in “ly.”

a)

adverb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

d)

interjection

10.

The truck driver delivered the packages quickly.

a)

interjection

b)

adverb

c)

adjective

d)

verb

e)

noun

11.

My friends and I walked home after school.

a)

article

b)

pronoun

c)

preposition

d)

adverb

e)

verb

12.

Reggie saw the awesome sight from the air.

a)

verb

b)

adverb

c)

conjunction

d)

adjective

e)

article

13.

Choose the verb!!

Jane is a painter

a)

Jane

b)

is

c)

a

d)

painter

14.

Check all the adjectives. (Think of words that could be used to describe the noun friend.)

a)

plays

b)

nice

c)

tall

d)

on

e)

kind

15.

My dad loves the red barn.

red is a...

a)

adjective

b)

verb