TENTH GRADE

 

Parts of speech

Module 4 - Lesson 2


“Parts of speech” are the basic types of words that English has. Most grammar books say that there are eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections. We will add one more type: articles.

It is important to be able to recognize and identify the different types of words in English, so that you can understand grammar explanations and use the right word form in the right place. Here is a brief explanation of what the parts of speech are:

Noun

A noun is a naming word. It names a person, place, thing, idea, living creature, quality, or action.
Examples: cowboy, theatre, box, thought, tree, kindness, arrival

Verb

A verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something).
Examples: walk, talk, think, believe, live, like, want

Adjective

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you something about the noun.
Examples: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important

Adverb

An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened.
Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here, everywhere

Pronoun

A pronoun is used instead of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun.
Examples: I, you, he, she, it, we, they

Conjunction

A conjunction joins two words, phrases or sentences together.
Examples: but, so, and, because, or

Preposition

A preposition usually comes before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence.
Examples: on, in, by, with, under, through, at

Interjection

An interjection is an unusual kind of word, because it often stands alone. Interjections are words which express emotion or surprise, and they are usually followed by exclamation marks.
Examples: Ouch!, Hello!, Hurray!, Oh no!, Ha!

Article

An article is used to introduce a noun.
Examples: the, a, an

 

 

Parts of speech

Practicing exercise

1.               cat    

2.               by

3.               quickly     

4.               beautiful

5.               the    

6.               oh     

7.               they  

8.               speak

9.               and   

 

 

Parts of speech

Practicing exercise-Answer key

1.      noun

2.      preposition

3.      adverb.

4.      adjective

5.      article

6.      interjection

7.      pronoun

8.      verb

9.      conjuction

 

Parts of Speech

Quiz

I. Decide what parts of speech should be used to fill out the blanks. Use adjective, noun or verb.

1. These kids ____ it hard to express ourselves.

2.____ people are impervious to criticism.

3. The police tried to ____ the mob.
4. It was very ____ of you to be so tactless.
5. The work was so ___ that they got bored.

6. It's difficult to make a ____.
7. The Prime Minister received a ___ vote of confidence.
8. The proposal was rejected because it was _____.
9. If you should lose your checkbook, ____ the bank immediately.
10. You're under no ___ to buy anything.

 

Parts of Speech

Quiz-Answer key

  1. V
  2. A
  3. V
  4. A
  5. A
  6. N
  7. A
  8. A
  9. V
  10. N

 

Parts of Speech

Test

I. Use the following prepositions to complete the sentences: upon, against, without, and across. Do not use the same preposition more than once.

1. George Washington led the American Revolutionary troops ____ the Delaware River in 1776.

2. Our basketball team will play ____ Fairfield High School tonight.

3. A baby deer will not leave ____ its mother until it's old enough to take care of itself.

4. I placed the new books ____ the shelf in the library.

II. Write the adverb in each sentence and write the word the adverb describes. Write whether the adverb tells how or how much.

5. Hailey skillfully molded the pile of wet clay into a smooth and slender vase.
6. I can barely hear what you're saying because of the loud fire alarm.
III. Circle the form of the verb be that best completes each sentence.

7. I have known for a long time that Jason (is, are, am) a nice boy.

8. I (is, are, am) very fortunate to have such wonderful children.

9. Our teacher (is, are, am) a master at making history meaningful to us.

10. I like to stretch when I (is, are, am) yawning.

11. A billion dollars (is, are, am) an awful lot of money.

 

Parts of speech

Test-Answer key

I. Use the following prepositions to complete the sentences: upon, against, without, and across. Do not use the same preposition more than once.

1. across  

2. against  

3. without  

4. upon  

II. Write the adverb in each sentence and write the word the adverb describes. Write whether the adverb tells how or how much.

5. skillfully describes molded; how

6. barely describes hear; how much


III. Circle the form of the verb be that best completes each sentence.

7. I have known for a long time that Jason (is, are, am) a nice boy.

8. I (is, are, am) very fortunate to have such wonderful children.

9. Our teacher (is, are, am) a master at making history meaningful to us.

10. I like to stretch when I (is, are, am) yawning.

11. A billion dollars (is, are, am) an awful lot of money.

 

 

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