The Eight Parts of Speech

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in each sentence.

1. Her phone rings often

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Verb

Answer explanation

An adverb modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

2. Before he was a millionaire, Will was a janitor in a school.

• Conjunction

• Noun

• Interjection

• Pronoun

Answer explanation

A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.

3. Dian is eating in the park.

• Verb

• Noun

• Conjunction

• Adjective

Answer explanation

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

4. Wow! You look gorgeous today.

• Preposition

• Conjunction

• Interjection

• Pronoun

Answer explanation

An interjection is a word used to express emotion.

5. Mila shopped a new clothes for her son.

• Verb

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

Answer explanation

A verb expresses action or being.

6. My sister is a college student, she is a psychology student.

• Noun

• Conjunction

• Pronoun

• Interjection

Answer explanation

A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.

7. We watch the beautiful sunset together.

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

Answer explanation

An adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.

8. Mang Juan live under the bridge.

• Preposition

• Conjunction

• Interjection

• Pronoun

Answer explanation

A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence.

9. He slept late, yet he got to school on time.

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Verb

• Conjunction

Answer explanation

A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.

10. Hoorah! We pass the exam.

• Preposition

• Conjunction

• Adjective

• Interjection

Answer explanation

An interjection is a word used to express emotion.