Name: __________________
Parts of Speech
Identify the correct part of speech for each listed item in each sentences below. Choose
from among the following options:
noun
verb
adjective adverb
pronoun conjunction
preposition
article
1. A small snail climbed over the slippery log and inched slowly toward the nearby
fields.
A ____________________
small ____________________
snail ____________________
climbed _________________
over ____________________
the ____________________
slippery ____________________
log ____________________
and ____________________
inched ____________________
slowly____________________
toward ____________________
the ____________________
nearby ____________________
fields ____________________
2. I didn't go to the very formal dinner because you never returned from the cleaners
with my favorite tuxedo.
I ____________________
did ____________________
not ____________________
go ____________________
to ____________________
the ____________________
very ____________________
formal ____________________
dinner ____________________
because ____________________
you ____________________
never ____________________
returned ____________________
from ____________________
the ____________________
cleaners ____________________
with ____________________
my ____________________
favorite ____________________
tuxedo ____________________
3. The senator made numerous lofty promises to his constituents when he spoke so
glibly at the expensive political fundraiser in Washington, D.C.
The ____________________
senator ____________________
made ____________________
numerous ____________________
lofty ____________________
promises ____________________
to ____________________
his ____________________
constituents ____________________
when ____________________
he ____________________
spoke ____________________
so ____________________
glibly ____________________
at ____________________
the ____________________
expensive ____________________
political ____________________
fundraiser ____________________
in ____________________
Washington, D.C. ____________________