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Parts of Speech Handout
Name:______________________________
Date:_________________________________
Part I: Match each part of speech with its correct definition. In
parenthesis next to the definition is an example of that part of speech.
A. Noun
B.Adverb
C.Adjective
D.Verb
1. Used to describe verbs (slowly)
2. A person, place or thing (table)
3. An action (jump)
4. Used to connect words, phrases and
Clauses (and)
5. Used to describe the noun (beautiful)
6. Sits before a noun to show the noun’s
relationship to another word (in)
Part II: Fill in the blank with a word that can correctly complete the
sentence and it’s correct part if speech.
1. Every day my ________________(noun) wakes me up at 7:00 a.m. for
school.
2. I always feel so _____________________(adjective) and want to go right
back to sleep.
3. ____________________(preposition) breakfast, I go straight to the bust
stop.
4. I bring an umbrella with me ________________________(conjunction) it
is raining.
Part III: Choose the option that best describes the word.
It is my birthday tomorrow, Hurray!
cookies!
Hurray is a/an___________
A. Noun
B. Pronoun
C. Interjection
D. Conjunction
I hope she likes the
She is a/an______________
A. Pronoun
B. Adjective
C. Preposition
D. Adverb