English 11
9/24/13
Parts of Speech Quiz on Monday 9/30/13. You may use your notes and your Grammar bible handout.
Noun: person, place, thing, idea, etc.
Verb: action verb (something doing something or something being done to you)
Adjective: modifies a noun (descriptive word)
Adverbs: usually end with “ly”, modify adjectives (He is barely smart.)
Pronouns: Word used in place of a noun or more than one noun.
Conjunctions: connect phrases (conjunction junction, what’s your function? hooking up letters and
numbers and phrases)
Interjections: For example: Boom! Pow! (Think 1960s Batman!)
Preposition: Shows relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. See page 6 for a
complete list.
Yellow Parts of Speech handout (top)
1. adj.
2. adv.
3. noun
4. pronoun
5. possessive pronoun or adj.
6. pronoun
7. adverb
8. adverb
9. adj.
10. adjective
11. verb
12. adjective
13. pronoun
14. adverb
15. adjective
16. pronoun
17. pronoun
18. verb
19. adverb
20. adjective
21. pronoun or adjective
22. noun
23. adjective
24. noun (iguanas) verb (swell)
25. noun