Exercise Parts of Speech
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Rika Sri Yulianda PutriExercise Parts of Speech
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Rika Sri Yulianda PutriQUESTION
True False Question
1. A noun names a person, place, or thing.
2. Common nouns name any of a class of person, place, or thing.
3. Proper nouns name a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are never
capitalized.
4. Plural nouns show ownership.
5. Verbs express action, condition, or state of being.
6. There are six basics types of verbs: action verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs,
transitive verbs, intransitive verbs and plural verbs.
7. Helping verbs are added to another verb to make the meaning clearer. Helping
verb include any form of to be.
8. Adjective describe a Noun or pronoun.
9. Never use an adjective after a linking verb.
10. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
11. All adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an adjective.
12. Prepositions link a verb to another word.
13. A pronoun gets its meaning from the noun its stand for. The noun is called
antecedent.
14. Conjunction connects words or groups of words.
15. Interjections express strong emotion is usually set off with an exclamation mark
(!)
Answers:
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. True
9. False
10. True
11. False
12. False
13. True
14. True
15. True
Multiple Choice
Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in each sentence.
1. The outside of the boat needs scraping.
(a) Noun
(b) Adjective
(c) Adverb
(d) Preposition
2. You should scrape the boat without outside help.
(a) Noun
(b) Adjective
(c) Adverb
(d) Preposition
3. Let’s sit outside and laugh at you as you work in the blazing sun.
(a) Noun
(b) Adjective
(c) Adverb
(d) Preposition
4. The ambulance is parked right outside the yard, next to the beehive.
(a) (a) Noun
(b) (b) Adjective
(c) (c) Adverb
(d) (d) Preposition
5. The politician repented of his past mistakes.
(a) Noun
(b) Adjective
(c) Adverb
(d) Preposition
6. Turn right past the store with the neon sign on the window.
(a) Noun
(b) Adjective
(c) Adverb
(d) Preposition
7. Did you hear the song before?
(a) Conjunctive
(b) Adjective
(c) Adverb
(d) Preposition
8. Always follow through with what you start
(a) Interjection
(b) Conjunctive
(c) Adverb
(d) Preposition
9. The remark went right through one ear and out the other.
(a) Noun
(b)Adjective
(c) Conjunctive
(d) Preposition
10. The gardener moved the lawn after he reread Lady Chatterley’s lover.
(a) Conjunctive
(b) Adjective
(c) Adverb
(d) Preposition
Answers:
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. C
10. A
