Exam Practice: Parts of Speech
Identify the part of speech of each bold-faced word. Write P for pronoun,
N for noun, Adj. for adjective, Adv. for adverb, V for verb, Prep for
preposition, C for conjunction, and I for interjection.
1. _____ The United States has hundreds of important historical sites,
many of which have been designated national monuments.
2. _____ Our national monuments include both natural wonders and
structures built by people.
3. _____ Millions of tourists visit these monuments each year.
4. _____ Some of the monuments, such as the Statue of Liberty, are
located in urban areas.
5. _____ Others, including Yellowstone, the first national park are
located far from big cities.
6. _____ One of the most popular national monuments is the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial.
7. _____ On the wall are the names of more than fifty-eight thousand
Americans who died in the Vietnam War from 1960 to 1975.
8. _____ The nation’s capital is also the site of memorials to many
outstanding Americans.
9. _____ High points of a visit to Washington, D.C., are the Washington
Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial.
10. _____ Massive images of these three presidents, along with one of
Theodore Roosevelt, are included in the Mount Rushmore National
Monument in South Dakota.
11. _____ Not all of our National Monuments honor famous people.
12. _____ If you visited southwestern Colorado, you would find there
Mesa Verde National Park.
13. _____ Mesa Verde is a collection of Native American cliff dwellings.
14. _____ Here is an ancient apartment building with 217 rooms—all
under one roof!
15. _____ The country’s highest mountain, Mount McKinley, is in Denali
National Park in Alaska.
16. _____ Surprisingly, the lowest point in the United States is also a
national monument.
17. _____ In fact California’s Death Valley is the lowest point in the
Western Hemisphere.
18. _____ Other national monuments honor groups of Americans, among
them the Women’s Rights national Historic park and the Civil Rights
Memorial.
19. _____ Seneca Falls, new York is the site of the first large meeting
held in 1848 to plan a campaign to bring equal rights to women.
20. _____ The Civil Rights memorial was built in Montgomery, Alabama,
where Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott of the city bus system to
protest racial discrimination.
Answers:
1. adj.
2. c
3. v
4. prep.
5. P
6. adv.
7. n
8. v
9. prep.
10. n
11. v
12. adv.
13. n
14. p
15. adj.
16. adv.
17. n
18. prep.
19. adj.
20. adj.
More Review
In the blank, write n if the bold-faced word is used as a noun, a p if it’s used
as a pronoun, a v if it’s used as a verb, adj. if it’s used as an adjective, adv.
if it’s used as an adverb, c if it’s used as a conjunction, prep if it’s used as a
preposition, and I if it’s used as an interjection.
1. _____ He cut six slices of bread and put them on the plate.
2. _____ Her letter came back stamped “Return to sender.”
3. _____ In all fairness, I haven’t heard his side of the story yet.
4. _____ The freight train pulled off onto a side track to let the
passenger train pass.
5. _____ The hero rode off into the sunset, and the townspeople haven’t
seen him since.
6. _____ Since you’re so sure you’re right, why don’t you raise your
hand?
7. _____ You probably drove past the school building on your way here.
8. _____ A person who can’t dance very well is sometimes said to have
two left feet.
9. _____ The problem is they turned right when they should have turned
left.
10. _____ Whenever she insists on going up the down staircase, it causes
a massive traffic jam.
11. _____ Why, you’re not the news anchor for Channel 10 news!
12. _____ I do not want that rusty old bicycle.
13. _____ It was fascinating to watch the border collies corner the
runaway sheep.
14. _____ If you ask me, the best thing about winter is that it’s always
followed by spring.
15. _____ Before you go, be sure to turn off all the lights and close the
door.
16. _____ I told her I would call her before next Monday.
17. _____ The fans cheered wildly when the American women won the
shot put at the track meet.
18. _____ The sales clerk at the department store said I could choose
either blouse.
19. _____ Richard said he didn’t really care for either.
20. _____ Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
21. _____ If you don’t clean your car’s carburetor, the engine won’t run
smoothly.
22. _____ When I found out about the concert, I was really upset.
Answers:
1. v
2. adv.
3. n.
4. adj.
5. adv.
6. c
7. prep.
8. Adj.
9. Adv.
10. Prep.
11. I
12. adv.
13. v
14. n
15. c
16. prep.
17. n
18. adj.
19. p
20. i
21. v
22. c