What part of speech is the given word?
1. This wood will make a good hiding place. Here hiding is a/an …………………….
Adjectives are words used to modify nouns. Here the adjective hiding modifies the noun place.
2. She was made to repeat the whole story. Here story is a/an …………………….
A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.
3. They lived many miles from the town. Which of the following is the preposition?
4. The government seems to change its mind a great deal. Here seems is a/an …………………………
The verb is a word that explains what the subject is or what it does.
5. In the two weeks in the job he made himself thoroughly disliked. Here thoroughly is a/an ………………………
Most words ending in –ly are adverbs. Here the adverb thoroughly modifies the verb.
6. Can you make me a birthday cake by Monday? Here me is a/an ……………………..
A pronoun is a word used to refer to the speaker, the person spoken to or the person spoken of.
7. Alice and James got married last week. Here last week is a/an ……………………..
Words indicating time are usually adverbs.
8. After three very unhappy years, they divorced. Here after is a/an ……………………
A conjunction is a word used to connect two clauses.
9. I have been married to you for twenty years and I still don’t understand you. Here twenty is a/an ……………………..
Both ordinal and cardinal numbers are adjectives.
10. I couldn’t think clearly, and I felt hot. Here felt is a/an …………………….
Verbs are action words.
11. The manager says that we may leave our coats in the bathroom. Here manager is a/an ……………………….
A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.
12. The rain made the grass wet. Here wet is a/an ………………………
Adjectives are words that describe a quality.
Answers
1. This wood will make a good hiding place. Here hiding is an adjective.
2. She was made to repeat the whole story. Here story is a noun.
3. They lived many miles from the town. Which of the following is the preposition? From
4. The government seems to change its mind a great deal. Here seems is a verb.
5. In the two weeks in the job he made himself thoroughly disliked. Here thoroughly is an adverb.
6. Can you make me a birthday cake by Monday? Here me is a pronoun.
7. Alice and James got married last week. Here last week is an adverb.
8. After three very unhappy years, they divorced. Here after is a conjunction.
9. I have been married to you for twenty years and I still don’t understand you. Here twenty is an adjective.
10. I couldn’t think clearly, and I felt hot. Here felt is a verb.
11. The manager says that we may leave our coats in the bathroom. Here manager is a noun.
12. The rain made the grass wet. Here wet is an adjective.
