We are going to review the eight parts of speech: verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives,
adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns and tell which, whose, what kind, and how many.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs and tell how, when, where, and how
much.
Prepositions must have an object and show a relationship between its object and some
other word in the sentence.
Interjections show feeling and are punctuated with either a comma or an exclamation
point.
Remember that what part of speech a word is depends on how it is used in the sentence.
Instructions: Identify what part of speech each word is in the following sentences.
3. Mom wanted the answer, but we had had no reply from our daughter or son.
4. Neither Tom nor I knew that the baby had arrived already.
6. We will be driving together, but Mom won't return at the same time as we do.
7. Both the big girl and a small boy were happy with the results.
8. If you do not like it, the boss will speak with you tonight on the phone.
1. Wow - interjections, that - pronoun, must - verb, be - verb, a - adjective, very - adverb,
hot - adjective, fire - noun.
3. Mom - noun, wanted - verb, the - adjective, answer - noun, but - conjunction, we -
pronoun, had - verb, had - verb, no - adjective, reply - noun, from - preposition, our -
adjective, daughter - noun, or - conjunction, son – noun
4. Neither - conjunction, Tom - noun, nor - conjunction, I - pronoun, knew - verb, that -
conjunction, the - adjective, baby - noun, had - verb, arrived - verb, already - adverb.
5. Yes - interjection, you - pronoun, can - verb, go - verb, with - preposition, us - pronoun,
to - preposition, Canada - noun, tomorrow - adverb.
7. Both - conjunction, the - adjective, big - adjective, girl - noun, and - conjunction, a -
adjective, small - adjective, boy - noun, were - verb, happy - adjective, with - preposition,
the - adjective, results - noun.
8. If - conjunction, you - pronoun, do - verb, not - adverb, like - verb, it - pronoun, the -
adjective, boss - noun, will - verb, speak - verb, with - preposition, you - pronoun, tonight
- adverb, on - preposition, the - adjective, phone - noun.
9. Whew - interjection, This - adjective, weather - noun, is - verb, very - adverb, warm -
adjective, for - preposition, this - adjective, time - noun, of - preposition, year - noun.