Download 1 of 3 Parts of Speech Practice Test Match the definition to its ... and more Study notes English in PDF only on Docsity! 1 of 3 Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Date: _____________ Period: ___________ Parts of Speech Practice Test Matching: Match the definition to its term. Write the letter of the definition next to the correct part of speech. Part of Speech Description _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 1. noun 2. pronoun 3. verb 4. adjective 5. adverb 6. conjunction 7. preposition 8. interjection 9. article 10. infinitive a. a word that expresses a burst of strong feeling, good or bad, calls attention or indicates a pause ex: wow, um, hey, oops, ew! b. a word that shows action or state of being ex: seem, swims, fell, is, run, has, pass, eaten c. joins words or groups of words ex: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so d. tiny word that specifies a noun There are only 3 in English: a, an, the e. A word that answers the question, “How, when, or in what way?” ex: gracefully, never, later, tomorrow, sadly f. a word that describes a noun or a pronoun – tells which one, what kind, how many ex: that, red, six, g. shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence, often showing direction, position, or timing ex: above, below, inside, through, after h. a word that stands in for a noun ex: I, me, my, it, theirs, she, who, myself i. a person, place, thing, idea or quality ex: Adelle, Florida, chair, truth, caring j. the word “to” followed by a verb, e.g., to run, to laugh, to dance, to be 2 of 3 Part II: All Parts of Speech: Read each sentence carefully and indicate what part of speech the underlined word is by writing it in the space to the left. For example: article Ex. The goose waddled leisurely across the road. PART OF SPEECH SENTENCE 1. The goose waddled leisurely across the road. 2. “Yuck! This tastes terrible!” the restaurant patron declared. 3. Robby Reader went to the library because he badly needed books. 4. John hit the ball so hard, it sailed out of the stadium. 5. Mrs. Smith doubted her student’s story about the dog eating his homework. 6. Earlier that day, Jane had gone to see her teacher for extra help. 7. All would be proud of the poems they had written. 8. “This is not over!” the deposed spelling champion declared. 9. Who would ever have thought that a pig and a spider could become best friends? 10. Fear made her heart pound. 11. Weary, he closed his eyes and fell fast asleep. 12. Sixth graders at TMS become even better readers and writers. 13. “Are you awake?” she said softly. Part III: Prepositions. Circle the prepositions and underline the prepositional phrases in each sentence below. Careful! There can be more than one preposition/prepositional phrase in each sentence. 1. The driver steered the chariot around the coliseum. 2. Without supervision, students may not be in the building. 3. The dragon flew toward the castle and landed on the turret.
