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Parts of Speech

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Does the word More or Most go in the blank?

He tells me the _________ boring stories.

a)

More

b)

Most

2.

Describes a noun

a)

adverb

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

conjunction

3.

shows action

a)

verb

b)

adverb

c)

adjective

d)

preposition

4.

In the following sentence, which word is the verb?


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

a)

Mike

b)

quickly

c)

broke

d)

his

5.

In the following sentence, which word is the adverb?


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

a)

hurdle

b)

jumped

c)

quickly

d)

over

6.

In the following sentence, which word is the common noun?


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

a)

hurdle

b)

Mike

c)

quickly

d)

over

7.

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

8.

In the following sentence, which word is the adjective?


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

a)

ouch

b)

over

c)

jumped

d)

tall

9.

In the following sentence, which word is the Proper noun?


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

a)

knee

b)

hurdle

c)

Mike

d)

over

10.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

11.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

adjective

b)

preposition

c)

adverb

d)

noun

12.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

d)

adverb

13.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


Every word I wrote is awesome!

a)

adverb

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

preposition

14.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


An inky black shadow lurks between leafless alder trunks.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

15.

Which one is the linking verb?

a)

dance

b)

seem

c)

trip

d)

shout

16.

Which one is the linking verb?

a)

walk

b)

cry

c)

become

d)

consider

17.

Which one is the helping verb?

a)

are

b)

grab

c)

catch

d)

feel

18.

An abstract noun...

a)

names a person place, or thing you can touch, see, hear, etc.

b)

names an idea or emotion.

c)

names a general person, place, thing or idea.

d)

names a specific person, place, thing or idea.

19.

A preposition...

a)

names a person, place, thing or idea.

b)

tells you a noun is coming up.

c)

describes a relationship or connection between a noun and another word in the sentence.

d)

expresses emotion.

20.

Identify the preposition. He walked around the corner and crashed into the lady.

a)

walked

b)

around

c)

corner

d)

the

21.

Identify the adjective. Caring people are often rewarded.

a)

rewarded

b)

people

c)

often

d)

caring

22.

Identify the adverb. The police officer ran fast.

a)

police

b)

officer

c)

ran

d)

fast

23.

Identify the preposition. Can you jump over the hurdle?

a)

you

b)

jump

c)

over

d)

hurdle

24.

Identify the underlined word. My boss did not pay me for my work.

a)

adverb

b)

interjection

c)

preposition

d)

verb

25.

Identify the green word's part of speech.

Jaime forgot her pencil.

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

d)

Pronoun

26.

Identify the green word's part of speech.

The shiny quarter caught her eye.

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

27.

State whether the underlined phrase is a comparative or superlative adjective.

The school talent show gets more amazing every year.

a)

comparative

b)

superlative

28.

State whether the underlined phrase is a comparative or superlative adjective.

The magician performed the most astounding tricks.

a)

comparative

b)

superlative

29.

State whether the underlined phrase is a comparative or superlative adjective.

A barbershop quartet sang funnier songs than they did last year.

a)

comparative

b)

superlative

30.

State whether the underlined phrase is a comparative or superlative adjective.

The ballerina’s leaps and turns were the strongest I have ever seen.

a)

comparative

b)

superlative

31.

Choose the sentence that corrects the errors:


Giraffes long necks' help them reach their food.

a)

No error

b)

Giraffes' long necks help them reach their food.

c)

Giraffe's long necks' help them reach their food.

32.

Correct the following possessive noun error, or choose 'no error:


We could see the scientists doubt after she did her experiment.

a)

No error

b)

scientist's

c)

scientists'

33.
the books that belong to the girls
a)
girl's books
b)
girls' books
c)
girls book's
d)
girl's book's
34.
the tails of the cats
a)
the cat's tails
b)
the cats' tails
c)
the cat tails