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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.___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 19.___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 20.___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 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