1. We have lived here since 10 years.
2. He was accused with stealing.
3. We have finished the work yesterday.
4. You won’t get well unless you are taking your medicine.
5. He has been living in this house since five years.
6. We are learning English the last seven years.
7. Being a holiday, he went to see a film yesterday.
8. The new headmaster wants a house to live.
9. I waited for you since 9 o’clock in the morning.
10. I have returned all the books to the library yesterday.
Answers
1. We have lived here for 10 years. (We use ‘for’ to indicate duration.)
2. He was accused of stealing. (Accused collocates with the preposition ‘of’.)
3. We finished the work yesterday. (The present perfect tense cannot be used with adverbs of past
time.)
4. You won’t get well unless you take your medicine.
5. He has been living in this house for five years.
6. We have been learning English for the last seven years. (To talk about an action or situation that
started in the past and has continued up to the present, we use the present perfect continuous tense.)
7. Yesterday being a holiday, he went to see a film.
8. The new headmaster wants a house to live in.
9. I have been waiting for you since 9 o’clock in the morning.
10. I returned all the books to the library yesterday.
Each sentence given below contains a grammar mistake. Find the mistake and rewrite the sentence
correctly.
1. My father knows well to teach English.
2. We want a new house to live.
3. I waited for you since 9 o’clock in the morning.
4. James is suffering from fever since yesterday.
5. Neither Ann nor Mary have arrived.
6. I will call on you before I will leave.
7. I have returned all the books to the library yesterday.
8. Each man and each woman have the right to vote.
9. Walking along the road, a bus ran over the old man.
10. He is studying hard for the last two weeks.
11. I am not used to drive in busy streets.
12. The poet and dramatist are dead.
Answers
1. My father knows how to teach English well.
2. We want a new house to live in.
3. I have been waiting for you since 9 o’clock in the morning.
4. James has been suffering from fever since yesterday.
5. Neither Ann nor Mary has arrived.
6. I will call on you before I leave.
7. I returned all the books to the library yesterday.
8. Each man and each woman has the right to vote.
9. Walking along the road, the old man was run over by a bus.
10. He has been studying hard for the last two weeks.
11. I am not used to driving in busy streets.
12. The poet and dramatist is dead. (Here both nouns refer to the same person. Otherwise, you would
have used an article or another determiner before the second noun.)
What part of speech are the underlined words?
1. She thought of a wise plan.
2. I want to go now.
3. Where are you going?
4. That was a lovely evening.
5. My father works in a factory.
6. She must be a stupid.
7. Selena is my best friend.
8. The dress was expensive; still I bought it.
9. It is my doll.
10. The sun gives us heat and light.
11. Do it quickly.
12. She went to the market to buy some vegetables.
13. I helped him because I liked him.
14. Jasmines are white in color.
15. The cat is under the bed.
Answers
1. Thought – verb (Thought is the past simple form of the verb think. It also has an –ing form: thinking.
The word is a verb when it has present, past and participle forms. )
2. Now – adverb (Most words indicating time, place, manner, reason etc. are adverbs. Of course, this is
not a good definition and some time expressions are prepositions, not adverbs. If you don’t know
whether a particular word is a preposition or an adverb, try this simple test. Is that word followed by a
noun? If it is, then it is a preposition. Adverbs are not followed by nouns.)
3. You – personal pronoun (There are very few personal pronouns and they are: he, she, it, they, I, me,
we and you. Memorize this list if you still have trouble recognizing pronouns.)
4. Lovely – adjective (A word that goes before a noun is usually an adjective. Adjectives also have
comparative and superlative forms: Lovely, lovelier, loveliest)
5. Factory – noun (Nouns are the names of people, things, places etc.)
6. Stupid – noun
7. Best – adjective
8. Bought – verb
9. It – personal pronoun
10. Gives – verb
11. Quickly – adverb (Most words ending in –ly are adverbs.)
12. To – preposition
13. Because – conjunction (A conjunction is a word used to join two clauses. There are only a limited
number of conjunctions in English. Common examples are: because, as, since, when, after, before, and,
but, or, yet etc.)
14. White – adjectives (The names of colors are always adjectives.)
15. Under – preposition
Parts of speech exercise
JANUARY 13, 2016 Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
1. I have never had a better experience. Here 'never' is a/an .....................
adjective
adverb
verb
preposition
2. She has always been a nuisance. Here nuisance is a/an ...................
adjective
adverb
noun
preposition
3. I am tired of listening to his stupid instructions. Here stupid is a/an ...................
adjective
adverb
verb
noun
4. I am hoping to get a raise this year. Here 'this' is a/an ...................
pronoun
noun
adjective
adverb
5. To watch him eating really gets on my nerves. Here 'gets' is a/an .......................
pronoun
adjective
verb
adverb
6. It is nice to be sitting here with you. Here 'here' is a/an .........................
adjective
adverb
verb
pronoun
7. In spite of having a headache I enjoyed the movie. Here 'in spite of' is a/an ..................
adjective
conjunction
preposition
verb
8. He came to Chicago to look for work. Here 'work' is a/an .......................
preposition
noun
verb
conjunction
9. There is a bus stop in front of the school. Here 'in front of' is a/an ......................
conjunction
preposition
verb
noun
10. He was driving very fast indeed. Here 'was driving' is a/an ...................
verb
noun
adverb
conjunction
11. She sat facing me across the table. Here 'across' is a/an ....................
conjunction
preposition
adjective
adverb
12. I made them give me my money back. Here 'them' is a .....................
noun
pronoun
conjunction
preposition
Answers
1.
I have never had a better experience. (never – adverb)
2.
She has always been a nuisance. (nuisance – noun)
3.
I am tired of listening to his stupid instructions. (stupid – adjective)
4.
I am hoping to get a raise this year. (this – demonstrative pronoun)
5.
To watch him eating really gets on my nerves. (gets – verb)
6.
It is nice to be sitting here with you. (here – adverb)
7.
In spite of having a headache I enjoyed the movie. (in spite of – preposition)
8.
He came to Chicago to look for work. (work – noun)
9.
There is a bus stop in front of the school. (in front of – preposition)
10.
He was driving very fast indeed. (was driving – verb)
11.
She sat facing me across the table. (across – preposition)
12.
I made them give me my money back. (them – personal pronoun)