Parts of Speech Re-do Assignment
Practice Exercises (10 points)
Circle the nouns and underline the verbs in the following sentences:
1.
George Washington served as the first president of the United States.
2.
My brother painted his house purple.
3.
Though Carina liked cake, she didn’t like burned cake.
Circle the pronoun and underline its antecedent in the following sentences. If the antecedent is unclear, write
‘unclear’ after the sentence:
4.
After Zack finished his homework, he and his friend Charles went to the movies.
5.
That is Dylan’s backpack.
6.
Nobody knows who broke the pencil sharpener.
Circle the adjectives and underline the adverbs in the following sentences:
7.
The striped kitten ran across the polished floor and skidded uncontrollably into his full food bowl.
8.
Cherelle is currently watching a famous musician learn to waterski.
Circle the prepositions and conjunctions and underline the interjections in the following sentences:
9.
Whether Alex likes it or not, her phone fell off the table and into the garbage can.
10.
Quick! Rush this ballot to the election office before the deadline.
Review Exercises (10 points)
Label each word in the following sentence to identify its part of speech:
1.
Five hungry students waited impatiently for the DECA cookies to be finished.
2.
Andrew fought the giant triceratops and won, so he earned a victory brownie.
3.
Oh the agony! Sarah’s glasses broke when Megan stepped on them accidentally.
4.
Both the chicken and the egg are hungry.
Write sentences that contain all the parts of speech indicated. You can write the parts of speech in whatever order you want. Each sentence should be completely different. Each part of speech should be clearly labeled.
5.
Noun, verb, adjective
6.
Noun, verb, adverb, adjective
7.
Noun, verb, preposition
8.
Noun, verb, conjunction, interjection
9.
Noun, verb, preposition, pronoun
10.
Noun, verb, conjunction, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition

Parts of Sentences Re-do Assignment
Practice Exercises (10 points)
Circle the subjects and underline the predicates in the following sentences:
1.
The aardvark slept.
2.
Tyler’s backpack unzipped accidentally.
Circle the subjects, underline the predicates, and cross out the objects (both direct and indirect) in the following sentences.
3.
Shannell’s hamster eats lettuce every day.
4.
Kamin gave Keldon a pencil and Keldon gave it to Morgan.
Circle the prepositional phrases and underline the appositives in the following sentences: (Note—not all sentences will have both).
5.
After falling off his skateboard, Lorrin walked back up the hill.
6.
If Payton can earn a 98% on his test, his highest score ever, his parents will buy him a Corvette.
7.
When Ellis drives to work, he goes past Wiener World and around the corner towards his office.
Circle the predicates and underline the objects, predicate nouns, or predicate adjectives in the following sentences. At the end of each sentences, write out whether the sentence contained any of the following: a linking verb, a direct object, an indirect object, a predicate noun, and/or a predicate adjective.
8.
Ashley is a popular friend.
9.
Tristan was a quiet student until Justin kicked his leg and broke it.
10.
Thanksgiving is soon and always involves turkey and mashed potatoes.
Review Exercises (10 points)
Label each word in the following sentence to identify its part of speech:
1.
Aldrick eats bananas on Tuesdays.
2.
The tiny, striped sweater fits perfectly on Danielle’s little sister.
3.
Chad owns the truck that hit the lamp post.
Label all the parts of the following sentences:
4.
While Christina bakes cookies, her fish swims in circles.
5.
Ruben, our new exchange student from Zambia, is lost.
6.
Melanie bought a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch.
Write sentences that contain all the parts of speech indicated. You can write the parts of speech in whatever order you want. Each sentence should be completely different. Each part of speech should be clearly labeled.
7.
Subject, predicate, direct object
8.
Noun, verb, adverb, adjective, prepositional phrase
9.
Pronoun, linking verb, predicate noun
10.
Subject, predicate, appositive, interjection