Part of Speech Practice
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
1.) The clown chased a dog around the ring and then fell flat on her face.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
2.) The geese indolently waddled across the intersection.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
3.) Yikes! I'm late for class.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
4.) Bruno's shabby thesaurus tumbled out of the backpack when the bus suddenly pulled into traffic.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
5.) Mr. Frederick angrily stamped out the fire that the local hooligans had started on his porch.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word(s) in the sentence below.
6.) She thought that the twenty zucchini plants would not be enough so she planted ten more.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
7.) Although she gave hundreds of zucchini away, the enormous mound left over frightened her.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
8.) Everywhere she went, she talked about the prolific veggies.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
9.) Frankenstein is the name of the scientist, not the monster.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
10.) Her greatest fear is that the world will end before she finds a nice pair of jeans.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
11.) Later that summer, she asked herself, "What was I thinking of?"
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
12.) That suitcase is hers.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
13.) Everyone in the room cheered when the announcement was made that class was canceled.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
14.) The sun was shining as we set out for our first winter camping trip.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentence below.
15.) They wondered if there truly was honor among thieves.
a. verb
b. noun
c. pronoun
d. adjective
e. adverb.
f. preposition
g. conjunction
h. interjection