Parts of speech

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"Beverley sprints across the field."

• preposition

• verb

• common noun

• adjective

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"I hide under my blanket."

• verb

• preposition

• common noun

• adjective

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"I placed my cup on the kitchen table."

• common noun

• preposition

• verb

• proper noun

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"South Africa is the country in which we live."

• proper noun

• abstract noun

• collective noun

• common noun

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"The teacher is extremely strict."

• verb

• preposition

• adjective

• abstract noun

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"Sam threw the tennis ball at the wall."

• preposition

• adjective

• verb

• proper noun

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"Sipho has been smiling all day, he is very happy."

• adjective

• common noun

• verb

• abstract noun

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"The teacher tried to restrain her anger."

• adjective

• common noun

• abstract noun

• verb

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"I swat the fly away."

• verb

• adjective

• preposition

• common noun

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence:

"Lisa is a highly intelligent girl."

• common noun

• adjective

• abstract noun

• verb