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Parts Of Speech Exercise

May 1, 2018 - pdf

What part of speech is the given word?

1. This wood will make a good hiding place. Here hiding is a/an …………………….

Correct! Wrong!

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 …………………….

Correct! Wrong!

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?

Correct! Wrong!

4. The government seems to change its mind a great deal. Here seems is a/an …………………………

Correct! Wrong!

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 ………………………

Correct! Wrong!

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 ……………………..

Correct! Wrong!

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 ……………………..

Correct! Wrong!

Words indicating time are usually adverbs.

8. After three very unhappy years, they divorced. Here after is a/an ……………………

Correct! Wrong!

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 ……………………..

Correct! Wrong!

Both ordinal and cardinal numbers are adjectives.

10. I couldn’t think clearly, and I felt hot. Here felt is a/an …………………….

Correct! Wrong!

Verbs are action words.

11. The manager says that we may leave our coats in the bathroom. Here manager is a/an ……………………….

Correct! Wrong!

A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.

12. The rain made the grass wet. Here wet is a/an ………………………

Correct! Wrong!

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.

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