ESL030 Graded Homework Assignment:
Parts of Speech & Subjects/Objects in Sentences
Directions: On a separate piece of notebook paper (or you may type this is you prefer), write 4
sentences that contain at least 1 of each of these Parts of Speech:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Conjunction
Preposition
You do not need to include an interjection. You may have more than 1 of each (for example,
you might have 4 nouns, 3 adjectives, 2 verbs, etc.). At a minimum, you must have at least 1 of
each of the parts of speech listed above.
Write your sentence on a line and write the part of speech UNDER the word. Then, identify the
subject, object of the preposition (there must be one of these), and object of the verb (if there
is one – you might only have an object of a preposition) ABOVE the appropriate word.
Examples:
subject
obj. of verb
obj. of prep.
The student neatly wrote five fabulous sentences on
noun
adverb
verb
adj.
adj.
noun
prep
her
paper,
so
adj.
noun
conj.
obj. of
verb
subject
subj.
subj
obj. of verb
she earned a great
pron.
verb
grade.
adjective
.
noun
obj. of prep
A police officer gave me an expensive ticket because I was driving too quickly down the
adj.
noun
verb
pro
adj.
noun
subject
noun
pro
obj. of prep
Hungry coyotes howl loudly
adj.
conj.
verb
adverb
verb
adv.
adv
prep
adj
subj.
obj. of verb
can’t catch fast rabbits.
in
the
desert
when
they
prep.
adj.
noun
conj.
pronoun
verb.
verb
adj.
noun
street.
noun