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Identifying Parts of Speech

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of a noun?

a)

a person, place, thing, or idea

b)

an action or state of being

c)

a word that describes a noun

d)

a word that connects clauses or sentences

2.

What is the definition of a pronoun?

a)

a word that takes the place of a noun

b)

a word that describes a noun

c)

a word that shows action

d)

a word that connects clauses

3.

What is the definition of an Action Verb

a)

tells what the subject of the sentence is doing

b)

describes the subject of the sentence

c)

connects words or phrases

d)

expresses a state of being

4.

What is the definition of a Linking Verb

a)

connects ideas to each other

b)

describes a noun

c)

expresses an action

d)

modifies a verb

5.

What is the definition of a Helping Verb

a)

modifies the main verb in a sentence

b)

describes a noun or pronoun

c)

connects words, phrases, or clauses

d)

expresses an action or state of being

6.

What is the definition of an Adverb

a)

describes or modifies anything that’s NOT a noun

b)

describes a noun

c)

connects words, phrases, or clauses

d)

expresses an action or state of being

7.

What is the definition of an Adjective

a)

describes or modifies a noun

b)

a word that expresses an action

c)

a word used to connect clauses

d)

a word that takes the place of a noun

8.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

The dogs bark at the cars that drive past my house.

a)

Action verb

b)

Adverb

c)

Linking Verb

d)

Adjective

9.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

Henry will help you with your math homework.

a)

Pronoun

b)

Common Noun

c)

Helping Verb

d)

Linking Verb

10.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

I asked Julie and Zack if they wanted to study with me.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

c)

Pronoun

d)

Action Verb

11.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

Carter always brushes his teeth after he eats candy.

a)

Proper Noun

b)

Adverb

c)

Linking Verb

d)

Adjective

12.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

The store is closed on Sundays.

a)

Pronoun

b)

Linking Verb

c)

Adverb

d)

Adjective

13.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

I am the oldest child in my family.

a)

Common Noun

b)

Helping Verb

c)

Linking Verb

d)

Pronoun

14.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

The students at ABIS are hosting a fundraiser this weekend.

a)

Proper Noun

b)

Common Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Action Verb

15.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

Please don’t forget to get that from the store.

a)

Common Noun

b)

Linking Verb

c)

Adverb

d)

Pronoun

16.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

Would you like to go to the fair tomorrow?

a)

Linking verb

b)

Common Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Proper Noun

17.

What part of speech is the italicized word?

Don’t forget your jacket, it is cold outside.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

c)

Action Verb

d)

Common Noun

18.

Is the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective?

The wooly mammoth is believed to be the ancestor of the modern elephant.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

19.

What word does wooly modify?

The wooly mammoth is believed to be the ancestor of the modern elephant.

a)

mammoth

b)

is

c)

elephant

d)

believed

20.

Is the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective?

She speaks so softly that I can hardly hear her.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

21.

What word does softly modify?

She speaks so softly that I can hardly hear her.

a)

She

b)

speaks

c)

hardly

d)

hear

22.

Is the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective?

She has curly blond hair and blue eyes.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

23.

What word does curly modify?

She has curly blond hair and blue eyes.

a)

She

b)

has

c)

hair

d)

eyes

24.

What word does cuddly modify?

At the pet shop a cuddly little kitten snuggled up to me, and I almost bought it.

a)

pet shop

b)

little

c)

kitten

d)

snuggled

25.

Is the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective?

That oil painting is absolutely magnificent!

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

26.

What word does absolutely modify?

That oil painting is absolutely magnificent!

a)

That

b)

painting

c)

is

d)

magnificent

27.

Is the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective?

“Watch out!” she screamed loudly, trying to alert the woman on the bicycle.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

28.

What word does loudly modify?

“Watch out!” she screamed loudly, trying to alert the woman on the bicycle.

a)

Watch

b)

she

c)

screamed

d)

alert

29.

Is the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective?

I was very late to school because I got stuck behind the train.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

30.

What word does very modify?

I was very late to school because I got stuck behind the train.

a)

I

b)

was

c)

late

d)

school

31.

Is the italicized word is an adverb or an adjective?

We told spooky stories around the campfire.

a)

told

b)

stories

c)

around

d)

campfire