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Eight Parts of Speech Pre-Test
Name:
Period:
Directions: Use these words and definitions to answer all questions.
A word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and
another word in a sentence.
Interjection A word(s) that shows strong emotion or surprise.
Noun
Names person, place, thing, or idea.
Adjective
A word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
Verb
A word that expresses action or state of being.
Conjunction A word(s) that connects other words or groups of words.
Pronoun
A word that takes place of one or more nouns.
Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Preposition
Directions: Write True or False for the statements below.
__________ 1. In order to have a prepositional phrase you need a preposition + any modifiers +
an object (which is a noun or pronoun).
__________ 2. Words such as, carpenter, cities, bricks, creativity, river, and running are all
considered to be nouns.
__________ 3. Personal pronouns refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one
spoken about.
__________ 4. An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun by telling what kind, which one, how
how many, or how much.
__________ 5. A verb tells where, when, how, or to what extent.
__________ 6. There are actually nine parts of speech.
__________ 7. The three types of conjunctions include: coordination, insubordination, and
correlation.
__________ 8. Hey! Yahoo! Oh! Whew! These words are all considered interjections.
Directions: Circle all the nouns and underline the adjectives you see within the following
paragraph. (Please find 11 nouns and 7 adjectives)
September is a great month. Fall will be here soon and the weather will begin to cool
down. The beautiful trees will change colors. It won’t be long until you see red leaves, orange
leaves, and then brown leaves. It’s a time when the season changes and things calm down. The
exciting summer will be at an end and it will be time to think about what you will be doing with
the rest of this long year. Have you made any changes?
Directions: Choose A, B, C, or D to identify the part of speech of the italicized word.
_____ 9. Mary excused herself from the table.
A. preposition
B. noun
C. pronoun
D. adverb
_____ 10. How many decimal places of pi can you name?
A. verb
B. adjective
C. conjunction
D. pronoun
_____ 11. I swam from the raft.
A. adverb
B. interjection
C. noun
D. preposition
_____ 12. Either Fred or Manuela will bring music for the party.
A. interjection
B. conjunction
C. preposition
D. adjective
_____ 13. This plant is native to North America.
A. verb
B. noun
C. interjection
D. adverb
_____ 14. We plant tomatoes every year.
A. adverb
B. verb
C. adjective
D. pronoun
_____ 15. Put it down; it’s too expensive.
A. adverb
B. adjective
C. interjection
D. noun
_____ 16. These are overdue.
A. adjective
B. noun
C. adverb
D. pronoun
_____ 17. This taco salad is way too spicy!
A. interjection
B. noun
C. adjective
D. adverb
Directions: Write three sentences containing prepositional phrases.
18.___________________________________________________________________________
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20.___________________________________________________________________________
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Directions: Circle the adverb in each sentence then tell me if it answers the question where,
when, or how.
21. My parents left yesterday. _____________________
22. Jan sang very loudly. _____________________
23. The man ran quickly as the dog chases him through the park. ____________________
24. They searched everywhere. ____________________
25. Have you heard this melody before? ___________________
Directions: State whether the italicized word is an adjective (ADJ) or an adverb (ADV).
_____ 26. The iron is very hot.
_____ 27. Joe dresses very informally.
_____ 28. Jan is very helpful if you need help with your computer.
_____ 29. Sam walks very shakily because he is getting old.
_____ 30. I’m free tomorrow.
_____ 31. This flower is lovely.
_____ 32. A microwave can cook food fast.
Directions: For each of the following sentences, identify each word (by circling it) that is
the part of speech indicated in parentheses. (only locate one for each sentence)
33. Whenever Anna started a new sculpture, she was usually not thinking of time it would take to
finish. (adverb)
34. My mother’s book of short stories, written when she was in college, was titled New Yorkers
because of the stories’ similarity in subject matter to James Joyce’s stories in Dubliners.
(preposition)
35. Some Irish songs are comic songs, but others are patriotic songs, love songs, or laments.
(adjective)
36. Ms. Garcia decided to buy or lease a new computer because the speed and memory capacity
of her old one were no longer satisfactory. (conjunction)
37. “Well!” exclaimed Ollie. “This is another fine mess!” (interjection)
Directions: Identify the part of speech the group of words belong to.
_____________ 38. Governor Pataki Oregonhospital
who
religion
_____________ 39. I you
she
him
everyone
these which
_____________ 40. float
sniff
discover
seem were
was
swim
_____________ 41. young
big
grim
longer fast
old
_____________ 42. briefly
forward
_____________ 43. under
before with for out of according to
_____________ 44. and
but
Canadian
regally slowly
although
because
_____________ 45. Oh no! Yipes! Good grief! Well, …
better
now
in
either,or
so