Yellow Level Quiz #19 – Eight Parts of Speech (ANSWERS) |
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Part A. Directions: Indicate to which of the eight parts of speech the underlined word belongs. Is the word a verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, or article. Example: The house is on fire. 1. This building houses thirty-five residents. ____verb______ 2. The students who attend this school have many needs that aren’t being considered. _____noun______ 3.After the holidays are over, prices on Christmas items are really reduced. ____adverb______ 4. The class started late because of the weather. ____preposition______ 5. Housing in this city is becoming more and more expensive. 6. Everyone was upset with Todd because he was being a real jerk at the party. ____adjective_______ 7. Is this my jacket or yours? ____pronoun_______ 8. My jacket has a broken zipper. ____adjective_______ 9. This weather is fit for neither man nor beast. ___conjunction_______ 10. The owner’s manual included in the box explained how to assemble the table. ___adjective_______
Part B. Directions: Label each underline word in the sentences and questions below as a verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, or article. Example: The speaker went on for over an hour. _____noun______ / _____article______ 1. Who has my book? ___pronoun________ / _____noun_______ 2. They’re not interested in going to the museum today. ____verb_______ / _____preposition______ 3. She’ll gladly help you if you ask for help. ___adverb_______ / ____noun_______ 4. A loss of confidence among bank customers caused a run on the bank. ____preposition_____ / _____noun______ 5. Those phones are way overpriced. ___adverb_______ / ___adjective_______ 6. “Neither a lender nor a borrower be,” said Polonius to Laertes. ___article_____ / ____noun_______ 7. The place where I grew up is still standing. ___pronoun______ / _____adverb______ 8. We took an unpaved road to the cabin. ____pronoun______ / ____adjective______ 9. All of the children were unhappy because their teacher was laid off from her position. ___conjunction_____ / ___adjective____ 10. This is the least of our worries at the moment. ____noun______ / ____preposition_____ |
