8 Parts of Speech Study Guide
Name _____________________________
Define the term. Circle all examples of the part of speech in the sentence underneath the line.
A noun is a : __________________________________________________________________________
The shaggy dog raced after the bicycle and was nipping at the young girl's heels.
A verb is: ____________________________________________________________________________
The shaggy dog raced after the bicycle and was nipping at the young girl's heels.
An adjective: _________________________________________________________________________
The shaggy dog raced after the bicycle and was nipping at the young girl's heels.
An adverb: ___________________________________________________________________________
The teacher quickly erased the mistake off the board, and calmly continued with the lesson.
A preposition: _________________________________________________________________________
The teacher quickly erased the mistake off the board, and calmly continued with the lesson.
A conjunction: ________________________________________________________________________
The teacher quickly erased the mistake off the board, and calmly continued with the lesson.
A pronoun: ___________________________________________________________________________
Aww! He couldn't believe that he had slammed his hand in their car door!
An interjection: ________________________________________________________________________
Aww! He couldn't believe that he had slammed his hand in their car door!
Match the words in the boxes to the correct part of speech by circling the correct answer.
Yeah
Prepositions
Suddenly
Prepositions
yes
wow
aww
adverbs
Adjectives
frequently
Adverbs
slowly
shhh
happily
Adjectives
oh dear
Interjections
quickly
Interjections
man!
Conjunctions
swiftly
Conjunctions
ahh
Verbs
finally
Verbs
And
for
but
Prepositions
Pretty
Adverbs
disgusting
Prepositions
Of
with
was
then
Prepositions
Adverbs
has
nor
went
Adverbs
after
Adjectives
friendly
Adverbs
Prepositions
Is
so
to
Adjectives
am
unless
Conjunctions
shy
withdrawn
Interjections
Conjunctions
in
on
off
Interjections
became
Adjectives
yet
Interjections
helpful
Adjectives
under
because
get
over
Conjunctions
does
Interjections
do
Conjunctions
Verbs
eager
Verbs
before
Verbs
have
Verbs
A, an, the are always ___________________________________________-
A subject is always a __________________________. It tells ___________ or _____________ the
sentence is about.
A predicate tells ________________ the subject is doing.
be