Download List the 8 parts of speech

What Do You Know About…
Parts of Speech (POS)?????
An Ungraded Self-Evaluation
Part I: DEFINITIONS
1. List the 8 parts of speech. Write a definition beside each. Finally, give an example in a
sentence.
Part of Speech
Definition
Person, place, thing or idea
a)
Noun
Shows action or state of being
b)
Verb
Replaces a noun
c)
Pronoun
Describes/modifies a noun/pronoun
d)
Adjective
e)
Adverb
f)
Preposition
Describes verb, adjective or another
adverb
Links a noun/pronoun to another
noun; shows location
Connects words, phrases or clauses
g)
Conjunction
Shows emotion
h)
Interjection
Example Sentence LABEL the word
and its POS
A ClOSER LOOK AT….
PREPOSITIONS
2. List 20 prepositions:
Use cards/cheat
sheet to check these.
3. Underline all prepositions in the following two sentences. Then, put parenthesis around
all prepositional phrases.
a) (In the middle) (of the night), I went outside.
b) I saw a security guard (outside the mall) (by Macy’s).
VERBS
4. List the three types of verbs? Linking, helping, action
5. List the 8 forms of “to be”:
Am
Is
Are
Was
Were
Be
Being
Been
6. Define infinitive: “To + a Verb”
7. Give an example of an infinitive: “to run”, “to listen”, “to teach”
ARTICLES
8. List the three articles: the, a, an
9. An article is which part of speech? adjective
CONJUNCTIONS
10. List the seven coordinating conjunctions:
For
And
Nor
but
Or
Yet
so
IDENTIFICATION
ALL Parts Of Speech
Above each underline word, label the part of speech.
1. A (adj) violent storm hit the small town in the early (adj) morning.
2. Cara certainly (adverb) does not know him (pronoun) nor has she seen him before.
3. During (prep) the night, a branch of the elm tree fell (verb) near our house.
4. That (adjective/possessive pronoun) book is (verb) by Herman Melville.
5. I (pronoun) have definitely made my decision (noun).
6. Whew!(Interjection) I almost was hit by (preposition) the line drive.
7. Neither (conjunction) the fish nor the chicken at this restaurant tastes very (adverb)
fresh.
8. Yesterday (adverb), we visited the historic town of (preposition) Lexington in
Massachusetts.
9. Operas by Giacomo Puccini are (verb) famous for their melodies (noun).
10. That was an exceptionally fine concert, but (conjunction) it ended (verb)too quickly for
me.
11. Their speech assumes (verb) the accents (noun) of seventeenth-century England.
12. Does (verb) he know anything (noun) about this?
13. Has she seen (verb) my (adjective/pronoun) baseball glove?
14. None (pronoun) of the spectators left during the rain (adjective) delay.
15. A loud (adjective) explosion wakened them from sleep (noun).
16. We arrived at the show early (adverb), yet (conjunction) many people were already
there.
17. The doctor wondered (verb) if the patient would ever (adverb) stop complaining.
18. The (adjective) building is going to be resurfaced as early as next (adjective) week.
19. This (pronoun) is the second to last relay (adjective) race.
20. Soon (adverb) the icy days of winter will be (verb) here.
Practice Test II - Answer Key
1. pro, adj
2. con, pro
3. prep, adj
4. int, n
5. adv, adj
6. adv, v
7. v, adv
8. n, n
9. v, pro
10. prep, adj
11. v, n
12. v, v
13. n, con
14. pro, v
15. adj, adj
16. n, v
17. adj, adv
18. adv, prep
19. adv, prep
20. prep, n
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