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Parts of Speech

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What part of speech would you use to describe where, when, or the direction in which something is going?
a)
conjunction
b)
preposition
c)
interjection
d)
pronoun
2.

What is the article in the sentence?

What is the cause of using her umbrella?

a)

is

b)

what

c)

the

d)

her

3.

What is the adjective in this sentence?

The bright sun made softball practice so hot today.

a)

bun

b)

softball

c)

hot

d)

practice

4.

What part of speech is the?

We went to the store quickly after dark.

a)

adverb

b)

article

c)

interjection

d)

verb

5.
Which part of speech expresses action or a state of being?
a)
adverb
b)
interjection
c)
preposition
d)
verb
6.
Read the sentence, and choose the noun
The scruffy dog barked loudly. 
a)
barked
b)
loudly
c)
dog
d)
scruffy
7.
What do pronouns replace?
a)
prepositions
b)
verbs
c)

nouns

d)
adjectives
8.

What part of speech is library?

The school library is full of new books.

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

pronoun

d)

verb

9.

What is the adverb in this sentence?

Sally read that book quickly so she checked out another one.

a)

another

b)

read

c)

quickly

d)

so

10.

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

My teacher read us a story about children from long ago.

a)

teacher

b)

us

c)

children

d)

from

11.
Read the sentence. Choose an adjective you could use to describe the moon. 
Finn gazed up at the moon and stars. 
a)
his
b)
bright
c)
counted
d)
sleepily
12.

What is the preposition in the sentence?

My favorite series in the library is probably the Theodore Boone series.

a)

favorite

b)

probably

c)

in

d)

my

13.

What is the adjective in this sentence?

The cooks made all the teachers a special dessert.

a)

made

b)

cooks

c)

special

d)

dessert

14.
What is an adjective?
a)
A word that describes nouns and pronouns
b)
An interrupting word
c)
A word that is a person, place, thing, or idea
d)
A word that connects phrases and clauses 
15.
Hey! You broke my new pencil!
a)
Noun
b)
Pronoun
c)
Adjective
d)
Preposition
16.

What is the verb in this sentence?

I just cannot look at this!

a)

just

b)

I

c)

cannot

d)

look

17.

What part of speech is her?

Sally slept all night with her stuffed animal in the bed.

a)

adverb

b)

preposition

c)

pronoun

d)

conjunction

18.

What is the noun in this sentence?

I am so tired I could sleep for years.

a)

so

b)

tired

c)

sleep

d)

years

19.
Choose the sentence where the verb is in blue. 
a)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
b)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
c)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
d)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice ream cone. 
20.

What is the preposition?

My husband sent me a dozen yellow roses for our anniversay?

a)

my

b)

sent

c)

yellow

d)

for