Parts of Speech Test

On Wednesday, October 17, you will have a parts of speech test.

You need to know definitions and examples of the following:

• nouns (common and proper)
• verbs (action and state of being)
• pronouns
• adjectives
• adverbs
• prepositions
• conjunctions
• interjections
• articles
  

Can you identify the part of speech for each word in the following sentences?

1. Use the booklet you made to study for the test.

2. Mythology is our next unit of study.

Answers:

1. verb, artcle, (common) noun, pronoun, (action) verb, preposition, (action) verb, preposition, article, (common) noun.

2. (common) noun, (state of being) verb, adjective (or pronoun), adjective, (common) noun, preposition, (common) noun.
Note: The same word (eg. study, walk, thought) can be used in more than one way, for example a verb and a noun.

Try an online quiz:

Parts of Speech Quiz