Here is a handout to help you study the eight Parts of Speech:
Parts of Speech
The Parts of Speech quiz will basically be about twenty sentences. Each sentence will have one word underlined and you will be asked to identify the part of speech of that word. Here are a few sample questions (these will not be on the quiz, but they are very similar to the actual quiz questions). The answers are at the bottom of this post.
Parts of Speeh: Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection.
1.
Ouch! That snake bit me!
2. The teacher told
everyone in the class to bring his or her book to class every day.
3. The parrots flew quickly above the
heads of the shoppers at the Farmer's Market.
4. I bought my prom dress at the
dress store at the mall.
5. Marianne cried
bitterly after finally getting a response to her letters from Willoughby.
Finally, here are a few online practice quizzes. The first one is especially good and VERY similar to the one we are going to do in class. Study a little, take the quizzes, make a note of which ones you got wrong, and then study those again. Good luck!
Review: Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech Quiz
This one is only on noun, verb, adjective, and adverb
Finally, here is a
Quizlet on the eight parts of speech with flashcards, a quiz, etc.
Here are the answers to the quiz:
1. This is an interjection. Interjections are usually followed by commas or exclamation marks. Watch
a video about interjections here.
2. This is a pronoun. Pronouns like everyone are used instead of listing all of the names of each student in the class. Read more about
pronouns here.
3. This is a noun. Heads are things. Watch
a video about nouns here.
4. This is an adjective. But wait, isn't a dress a thing? So, it's a noun, right? Right - but in this case it is being used as an adjective; it is telling us what kind of store she went to. Watch
a video about adjectives here.
5. This is an adverb. It tells us HOW she cried. Many adverbs end in -ly. Watch
a video about adverbs here and read Marianne's story in Jane Austen's novel
Sense and Sensibility (there's also a great movie version with Kate Winslet as Marianne).
