Parts of Speech English 9 Review

Directions Use your marker board to write down the correct response to each question. You may be asked to identify the definition of a part of speech. You may be asked to identify the part of speech of the underlined word in a sentence.

Question # 1 The clown chased a dog around the ring and then fell flat on her face. Answer: NOUN

Question # 2 What part of speech is a word that modifies a noun? Answer: ADJECTIVE

Question # 3 The geese indolently waddled across the intersection. Answer: ADVERB

Question # 4 Yikes! I'm late for class. Answer: INTERJECTION

Question # 5 Bruno's heavy dictionary tumbled out of his book bag when the bus suddenly pulled out into traffic. Answer: ADJECTIVE

Question # 6 Mr. Frederick angrily stamped out the fire that the the kids set on his porch. Answer: VERB

Question # 7 What part of speech modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb? Answer: ADVERB

Question # 8 She thought that the 20 zucchini plants would not be enough so she planted another ten. Answer: VERB

Question # 9 Although she gave dozens of cookies away, the enormous pile left over made Natalie nervous. Answer: Conjunction

Question # 10 Everywhere Olivia went, she talked about her favorite singer. Answer: PRONOUN

Question # 11 The manager confidently made his presentation to the board of directors. Answer: ADVERB

Question # 12 What part of speech is a word or short phrase that gains attention or adds emphasis? Answer: INTERJECTION

Question # 13 Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. Answer: VERB

Question # 14 What part of speech shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and its objects? Answer: PREPOSITION

Question # 15 That smells delicious. Answer: PRONOUN

Question # 16 Her greatest fear is that the world will end before she finds a comfortable pair of shoes. Answer: PREPOSITION

Question # 17 Everyone in the room cheered when the announcement was made. Answer: VERB

Question # 18 The sun was shining as we set out for our first winter camping trip. Answer: ADJECTIVE

Question # 19 What part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea? Answer: NOUN

Question # 20 Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves. Answer: ADJECTIVE

Question # 21 Dust covered every surface in the locked bedroom. Answer: NOUN

Question # 22 What part of speech expresses an action or state of being? Answer: VERB

Question # 23 My friends and I will either go to the movies tonight or the mall. Answer: CONJUNCTION

Question # 24 What type of verb accompanies an action verb or linking verb, forming a phrase, to show the verb’s tense? Answer: HELPING VERB

Question # 25 What type of conjunction joins a clause that cannot stand alone without the rest of the sentence? Answer: SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION

Question # 26 The following words are a special type of adjective. What are they called? the, a, an Answer: ARTICLES

Question # 27 What part of speech stands in the place of a specific noun? Answer: PRONOUN

Question # 28 What type of noun is the following word? “raincoat” Answer: COMPOUND NOUN

Question # 29 What category do the following pronouns fall into? Anyone, somebody, everything, few, many Answer: INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

Question # 30 What part of speech joins words, clauses, and phrases? Answer: CONJUNCTIONS

Question # 31 Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: Several friends of mine are going to the concert. Answer: SEVERAL, THE

Question # 32 Identify the adverb in the following sentence: A rather funny clown was juggling oranges. Answer: RATHER

Question # 33 What type of conjunctions are the following? Neither, nor Either, or Not only, but also Answer: CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

Question # 34 Choose the correct pronoun: Answer: HIS Anybody can learn to set up (his, their) own tent. Answer: HIS

Question # 35 Identify the following words as concrete or abstract nouns. Happiness, trust, fear Answer: ABSTRACT

Question # 36 Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: They are going to the mall tomorrow for the sale. Answer: ARE GOING

Question # 37 Identify the following verb as transitive or intransitive: Steve mailed the package just in time for Christmas. Answer: TRANSITIVE

Question # 38 What part of speech is the underlined word? Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness. Cheers! Answer: INTERJECTION

Question # 39 Identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence: Visitors to Louisiana can taste many types of seafood in seaside restaurants. Answer: TO, OF, IN

Question # 40 Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: The chocolate icing was very sweet. Answer: CHOCOLATE, SWEET