2. Pre-Test & Post-Test
Select the correct part of speech for the word in yellow color.
INSTRUCTION
3. 1. What are you doing?
a. Nounb. Pronoun
c. Verbd. Adjective
2. She is wearing a beautiful dress.
a. Pronounb. Adjective
c. Verbd. Conjunction
4. 3. America is a big country.
a. Nounb. Adjective
c. Verbd. Adverb
4. James is a boy.
a. Adverbb. Verb
c. Nound. Pronoun
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5. 5. My mother cooks delicious food.
a. Verbb. Noun
c. Prepositiond. Pronoun
6. I love reading a book.
a. Verbb. Pronoun
c. Adverbd. Adjective
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6. 7. Anna writes clearly.
a. Verbb. Noun
c. Adverbd. Adjective
8. Jose is riding a bicycle everyday.
a. Nounb. Verb
c. Adverbd. Adjective
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7. 9. The kids at the playground are playing hide and seek.
a. Adverbb. Noun
c. Verbd. Pronoun
10. Joshua goes to school by car.
a. Verbb. Noun
c. Prepositiond. Pronoun
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8. 11. What is your name?
a. Verbb. Preposition
c. Nound. Pronoun
12. My father leaves for office at 9 in the morning.
a. Verbb. Adjective
c. Prepositiond. Adverb
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9. 13. Mark runs fast.
a. Verbb. Adjective
c. Adverbd. Noun
14. Scott family will go to London tomorrow.
a. Verbb. Adjective
c. Adverbd. Noun
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10. 15. The flowers at the garden smell very sweet.
a. Verbb. Adjective
c. Nound. Preposition
16. My classmates and I went to the museum yesterday.
a. Prepositionb. Pronoun
c. Adverbd. Verb
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11. 17. Alice and Amanda are twin sisters.
a. Verbb. Noun
c. Conjunctiond. Pronoun
18. Please kindly speak slowly.
a. Adverbb. Adjective
c. Conjunctiond. Pronoun
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12. 19. Joy did not go to school because she is ill.
a. Nounb. Preposition
c. Conjunctiond. Adverb
20. What did she see?
a. Adverbb. Noun
c. Pronound. Verb
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13. Part of Speech
noun, verb, pronoun,
adjective, adverb,
preposition, conjunction,
and interjection.
14. In this sentence, "books" is a noun, the subject of the sentence.
Books are made of ink, paper, and glue.
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15. Here "books" is a verb, and its subject is "Bridget."
Deborah waits patiently while Bridget books the tickets.
16. We walk down the street.
In this sentence, "walk" is a verb, and its subject is the pronoun "we."
17. The mail carrier stood on the walk.
In this example, "walk" is a noun, which is part of a prepositional phrase describing where the mail carrier stood.
18. The town decided to build a new jail.
Here "jail" is a noun, which is the object of the infinitive phrase "to build."
19. The sheriff told us that if we did not leave town immediately he would jail us.
Here "jail" is part of the compound verb "would jail."
20. They heard high pitched cries in the middle of the night.
In this sentence"cries" is a noun acting as the direct object of the verb "heard."
21. The baby cries all night long and all day long.
But here "cries" is a verb that describes the actions of the subject of the sentence, the baby.
22. Every name is called a noun,
As field and fountain, street and town;
In place of noun the pronoun stands
As he and she can clap their hands;
The adjective describes a thing,
As magic wand and bridal ring;
23. The verb means action, something done.
To read, to write, to jump, to run;
How things are done, the adverbs tell,
As quickly, slowly, badly, well;
The preposition shows relation,
As in the street, or at the station;
24. Conjunctions join, in many ways,
Sentences, words, or phrase and phrase;
The interjection cries out, 'Hark!
I need an exclamation mark!'
25. Exercise
1. Decide which parts of speech are these words.
1.new7. on13.slowly
2.happily8. Wow!14.walk
3. read9. child15.computer
4. They10. handsome
5. house11. himself
6. but12.at
26. 2.Decide which parts of speech are the underlined words.
1.I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.
2.What did she ask you to do?
3.I left my shoes under the kitchen table.
4.We have to finish our work quickly.
5.On Saturdays I work from nine to five.
27. 6.I want to go to a university in Canada.
7.I'm sure I have met your girlfriend before.
8.James will be here on Monday or Tuesday.
9.My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather.
10.We went to the store to buy a few things.
28. 3.Decide which parts of speech are the words in the sentences.
1._____lazy7. _____he
2._____man8. _____was
3._____slept9. _____very
4._____ in10. _____tired
5. _____afternoon11. _____at
6. _____and12. _____night
The lazy man slept in the afternoon, and he was very tired at night.
29. A red car is dangerous for policemen, but it is incredibly beautiful.
1.______red
2.______car
3.______is
4.______dangerous
5.______for
6. ______policemen
7. ______but
8. ______it
9. ______incredibly
10.______beautiful
30. 4. Decide which parts of speech are the underlined words.
1. John never puts sugar in his coffee.
a. verbb. nounc. adjectived. adverb
2. The thiefran away from the security guard.
a. pronoun b. verbc. adjectived. noun
3. She has beensick for three days.
a. Verbb. adjectivec. nound. preposition
4.My aunt lives herein this beautiful house.
a. nounb. verbc. adverbd. adjective
5.Annais getting married next year.
a. nounb. adverbc. pronound. adjective
31. 6.The hungry soldier atefour slices of pizza.
a. nounb. verbc. adjectived. adverb
7.Wine is more expensivethan beer.
a. adverbb. nounc. adjectived. preposition
8.The computer is having technicalproblems.
a. adverbb. pronounc. conjunction d. adjective
9. Peter saw her yesterdayin cafeteria.
a. preposition b. conjunction c. adjective d. interjection
10. John is very sharp, buthe is sometime lazy.
a. adjective b. nounc. prepositiond. conjunction
