Mastering Parts of Speech and Tenses Year 8

What part of speech is the word 'quick' in the sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'?

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

Define a verb and give two examples.

• jump

• happy

• quickly

• Examples of verbs: 'run', 'think'

What are the three main verb tenses in English?

• present continuous

• past perfect

• future progressive

• present, past, future

Transform the active voice sentence 'The cat chased the mouse' into passive voice.

• The mouse chased the cat.

• The cat is chasing the mouse.

• The cat was chased by the mouse.

• The mouse was chased by the cat.

Identify the conjunction in the sentence: 'I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain.'

• and

• or

• but

• so

Convert the direct speech 'She said, "I am happy"' into indirect speech.

• She said that she is happy.

• She said that she was sad.

• She said, 'I am happy' in indirect speech.

• She said that she was happy.

What part of speech is 'beautiful' in the sentence: 'She wore a beautiful dress'?

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

List the past tense form of the verb 'to go'.

• gone

• went

• goes

• going

Change the sentence 'The teacher praised the students' from active to passive voice.

• The teacher was praised by the students.

• The students praised the teacher.

• The teacher praises the students.

• The students were praised by the teacher.

Identify the conjunction in the following sentence: 'He likes tea and coffee.'

• so

• but

• or

• and