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Parts of Speech
What are the parts of speech?
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http://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hypergrammar/the-parts-ofspeech
Adjectives and Adverbs with Magical Horses Worksheet
Activity 1: Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs (10
points)
Underline adjectives and circle adverbs.
1. Toby was just a regular horse.
2. He had big hooves, and he could run quickly, but he
was not magical.
3. One day, Toby went to the big red barn to get some
new horseshoes.
4. Toby cautiously entered the creepy barn and looked
around carefully.
5. He was startled by an old horse-wizard with a long beard, a tall hat, and a sparkly
cloak.
6. Toby calmly explained that he was looking for some new shoes because his old shoes
were worn out.
7. The horse-wizard waved his hooves around mysteriously and offered Toby two gold
horseshoes.
8. Toby accepted the bright gold horseshoes and turned to shake the mysterious hoof of
the horse-wizard.
9. The dark horse-wizard had quite amazingly vanished into thin air and Toby was
deeply impressed.
10. Toby figured that he should put on the shiny new horseshoes to see how well they fit.
11. He was relieved that the horseshoes fit so snuggly and comfortably on his big
hooves.
12. His legs felt powerful and nimble, and he couldn’t believe how fast he could move.
13. As he was running through the lush meadow, Toby took flight and soared through
the blue sky.
14. He was deftly flying through the cool air across a lonely canyon, and he was good at
it too.
15. As he travelled the empty sky, beautiful rainbows and neon hearts streamed from the
magic shoes.
16. Toby suddenly bumped into an evil unicorn; the skies went black and Toby was very
scared.
17. The evil unicorn shot a grey beam of sad faces at Toby, and Toby barely dodged
them by rolling left.
18. Toby was confused and worried, but he knew that the unicorn was terribly evil and
must be stopped.
19. He thought of the good things in the world, like cuddly puppies, first dances, and
happy butterflies.
20. Toby lovingly shot a beam of pure goodness from his heart, hitting the unicorn in his
wicked face.
Activity 2: Choose the correct part of speech.
Directions: For the words in bold, choose the correct part of speech from the choices
listed in a and b. (10 points)
Example: 1. yellow = b. adjective
1. Today, I will wear my yellow skirt.
a. noun b. adjective
2. No, you may not climb onto the roof.
a. Interjection b. pronoun
3. This warm bath will feel good on my legs.
a. Verb b. adverb
4. This is a good movie.
a. Adverb b. adjective
5. Throw the ball as hard as you can.
a. Verb b. noun
6. I am extremely excited for our trip to Costa Rica.
a. Adjective b. adverb
7. Should be stay in a hotel or in a youth hostel?
a. Interjection b. conjunction
8. Where is my suitcase?
a. Verb b. adverb
9. Your suitcase is in the closet.
a. Preposition b. adjective
10. Let's make cookies!
a. Noun b. preposition
Activity 3: Choose the correct expression.
Directions: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank from the choices listed in a and b.
(5 points)
Example 1. I am doing ___b. well___.
1. I am doing ___________.
a. good b. well
2. You play the piano __________.
a. beautiful b. beautifully
3. I would like two glasses of ___________.
a. milk b. milks
4. ____________ is coming to the concert.
a. Her b. She
5. Yesterday, I ___________ for two hours!
a. play b. played
6. This song is ___________ than that song.
a. more better b. better
7. I sat ______________ the coffee shop.
a. in b. between
8. My sister ____________ to play the flute.
a. is learning b. have learned
9. I ____________ sleepy.
a. are b. am
10. This closet is ___________ than my closet!
a. more organized b. most organized
Activity 4: Prepositions
Directions: Locate the prepositions in the sentence and circle or underline them. Each
sentence contains at least two prepositions. (10 points)
Some Common Prepositions: about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, as, at,
before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, for, from, in, inside,
into, near, of, off, on, onto, outside, over, past, since, than, through, to, toward, under, until, up,
upon, with, within, and without.
1. After we cut the fence, we snuck into the secret government base.
2. We were looking for the documents that were hidden under the generator.
3. There was a guard hiding in the closest with a dart gun.
4. Before he spotted us, we tried to sneak by him.
5. He grabbed my friend by the neck, but I snuck up behind him and karate chopped him.
6. The guard fell on the ground and we crept into the elevator.
7. The red lights above us started spinning around and flashing red.
8. We were near the generator when a bunch of guards ran out of the break room.
9. We hid under a cardboard box until they ran by us.
10. We ran toward the generator and snuck under the bridge.
11. The secret documents were hidden inside of a filing cabinet next to a desk.
12. I grabbed the documents from the filing cabinet and put them in my bag.
13. We had to get out of the base and back to our driver.
14. We crawled onto the elevator and begin climbing up the elevator shaft.
15. Suddenly, as we were near the exit, the elevator started moving toward us.
16. We might have been crushed by the elevator, but we jumped through a ventilation
shaft.
17. We crawled along the ventilation shaft until we were near the exhaust vent.
18. I kicked out the vent and we jumped from the shaft into a dumpster filled with
cardboard boxes.
19. We crawled through the yard and hopped into our escape car.
20. After we escaped, we looked at the documents and saw that they were ungraded
school papers.
Activity 5:Plural or Possessive Noun?
Circle the correct noun form and explain why it is the correct form. See example
below. (6 points)
Example: Mr. Morton’s / Mr. Mortons favorite flavor of ice cream is strawberry.
Explain why your answer is correct: ___“Mr. Morton’s” is correct because in this
sentence Mr. Morton is singular, and the apostrophe indicates possession.
________________________________________
1. The cars / car’s brakes failed to operate on the snowy mountain road.
Explain why your answer is correct:
______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________
2. On weekends, students / student’s love to sleep in.
Explain why your answer is correct:
______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________
3. Albert Einsteins / Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity changed our
understanding of time.
Explain why your answer is correct:
______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________
4. Civil liberties / Civil liberties’ were bought with blood.
Explain why your answer is correct:
______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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5. Todays / Today’s lesson taught us how to indicate possession.
Explain why your answer is correct:
______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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6. Fast food has its / it’s downsides.
Explain why your answer is correct:
______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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1. Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas.
2. Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns.
3. Verbs are words that show an action or a state of being.
4. Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns.
5. Adverbs are words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
6. Prepositions are words that describe the relationship between a noun or pronoun
and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence.
7. Conjunctions are words that join two or more words, phrases, or clauses.
8. Interjections are words that show emotion.
Okay, if you know all of that, you are ready for these parts of speech
quizzes!
Directions: Match the part of speech to the correct definition. (8 points)
Example: 1. Pronouns = H. Words that take the place of nouns
1. Pronouns
A. Words that name people, places, things, or ideas
2. Adverbs
B. Words that modify nouns or pronouns
3. Verbs
C. Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses
4. Adjectives
D. Words that describe a relationship between a noun or pronoun and
another element in the sentence
5.
Conjunctions
E. Words that show emotion
6. Prepositions
F. Words that modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
7. Nouns
G. Words that show an action or a state of being
8. Interjections
H. Words that take the place of nouns