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A Small Exercise to Check Your Understanding of Parts of Speech
Let us find out if you have understood the different parts of speech and their functions. Try identifying which part of speech the highlighted words belong to.
- My brother came home late.
- I am a good girl.
- This is the book I was looking for.
- Whoa! This is amazing.
- The climate in Kodaikanal is very pleasant.
- Can you please pick up Dan and me on your way home?
Now, let us see if you got it right. Check your answers.
- My ΓÇô Pronoun, Home ΓÇô Noun, Late ΓÇô Adverb
- Am ΓÇô Verb, Good ΓÇô Adjective
- I ΓÇô Pronoun, Was looking ΓÇô Verb
- Whoa ΓÇô Interjection, Amazing ΓÇô Adjective
- Climate ΓÇô Noun, In ΓÇô Preposition, Kodaikanal ΓÇô Noun, Very ΓÇô Adverb
- And ΓÇô Conjunction, On ΓÇô Preposition, Your ΓÇô Pronoun
Frequently Asked Questions on Parts of Speech
What are parts of speech?
The term ΓÇÿparts of speechΓÇÖ refers to words that perform different functions in a sentence in order to give the sentence a proper meaning and structure.
How many parts of speech are there?
There are 8 parts of speech in total.
What are the 8 parts of speech?
Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections are the 8 parts of speech.
Sentence Examples for the 8 Parts of Speech
1. Noun ΓÇô Tom lives in New York.
2. Pronoun ΓÇô Did she find the book she was looking for?
3. Verb ΓÇô I reached home.
4. Adverb ΓÇô The tea is too hot.
5. Adjective ΓÇô The movie was amazing.
6. Preposition ΓÇô The candle was kept under the table.
7. Conjunction ΓÇô I was at home all day, but I am feeling very tired.
8. Interjection ΓÇô Oh! I forgot to turn off the stove.
III. A Small Exercise to Check Your Understanding of Parts of Speech
Let us find out if you have understood the different parts of speech and their functions. Try identifying which part of speech the highlighted words belong to.
1. My brother came home late.
2. I am a good girl.
3. This is the book I was looking for.
4. Whoa! This is amazing.
5. The climate in Kodaikanal is very pleasant.
6. Can you please pick up Dan and me on your way home?
Now, let us see if you got it right. Check your answers.
1. My ΓÇô Pronoun, Home ΓÇô Noun, Late ΓÇô Adverb
2. Am ΓÇô Verb, Good ΓÇô Adjective
3. I ΓÇô Pronoun, Was looking ΓÇô Verb
4. Whoa ΓÇô Interjection, Amazing ΓÇô Adjective
5. Climate ΓÇô Noun, In ΓÇô Preposition, Kodaikanal ΓÇô Noun, Very ΓÇô Adverb
6. And ΓÇô Conjunction, On ΓÇô Preposition, Your ΓÇô Pronoun
IV. Frequently Asked Questions on Parts of Speech
1. What are parts of speech?
The term ΓÇÿparts of speechΓÇÖ refers to words that perform different functions in a sentence in order to give the sentence a proper meaning and structure.
2. How many parts of speech are there?
There are 8 parts of speech in total.
3. What are the 8 parts of speech?
Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections are the 8 parts of speech.
V. Exercises of Part of Speech
Choose based the correct part of speech
1. He often plays the trumpet.
2. Do you like dogs?
3. They listen to music every day.
4. She is an old lady.
5. The group went climbing in the mountains.
6. This is a fast car.
7. He did well in the test.
8. My father drives carefully.
9. Has your father ever been to Australia?
10. The play was fantastic.
VI. Parts of Speech Exercises with Answers
Give below are a few exercises. Try them out and assess your understanding of the different parts of speech.
Exercise 1 ΓÇô Identify the Adverb
Go through the given sentences and identify the adverb.
1. We have seen this before.
2. The postman comes to her daily.
3. The man repeated the same thing thrice.
4. Your friend called again.
5. Please walk forward.
6. The horse ran away.
7. My brother writes clearly.
8. The army fought bravely.
9. The mangoes are almost ripe.
10. Are you keeping well?
Exercise 2 ΓÇô Underline the Preposition
Identify the prepositions in the following passage.
Goldilocks used to live with her parents in a cabin near the forest. One day, she decided to go for a walk. She strolled down the lane that led to the forest and came across a cottage. Feeling intrigued, she decided to check whose house it was. She knocked on the door, but no one answered. Then she decided to go in and check. Once she came into the cottage, she saw three soup bowls kept on the table. Feeling hungry, she drank the soup out of the smallest bowl. She saw a flight of stairs that led to a room above. She decided to go and see the rooms. On reaching the rooms, she saw there were three beds. Feeling sleepy with all the walking and hot soup, she decided to take a nap and slept on the smallest bed. When she woke up, she saw three bears standing in front of her, and the smallest bear among them crying loudly. Terrified, she started screaming and ran past the bear family to reach her home.
Exercise 3 ΓÇô Identify the Part of Speech
Go through the following sentences and identify the part of speech of the underlined words.
1. Namitha is not coming today.
2. My mom will be leaving to Bangalore tomorrow.
3. The teacher asked the students to stand.
4. He is my brother.
5. There is a cat under the table.
6. The clothes did not dry as it was raining all night.
7. Sheena and her sister dance well.
8. I am wearing a green dress for the party.
9. Oh! That is really sad.
10. She is coming with me.