ESL/ELL Parts of Speech

Read the sentence. Choose an adjective you could use to describe the moon. 
Finn gazed up at the moon and stars. 

• his

• bright

• counted

• sleepily

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

What part of speech is the?

We went to the store quickly after dark.

• adverb

• article

• interjection

• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1H

What part of speech is her?

Sally slept all night with her stuffed animal in the bed.

• adverb

• preposition

• pronoun

• conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What part of speech is library?

The school library is full of new books.

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the adverb in this sentence?

Sally read that book quickly so she checked out another one.

• another

• read

• quickly

• so

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the preposition in the sentence?

My favorite series in the library is probably the Theodore Boone series.

• favorite

• probably

• in

• my

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

What is the pronoun in this sentence?

My teacher read us a story about children from long ago.

• teacher

• us

• children

• from

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the noun in this sentence?

• so

• tired

• sleep

• years

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is the verb in this sentence?

I just cannot look at this!

• just

• I

• cannot

• look

What is the preposition?

My husband sent me a dozen yellow roses for our anniversay?

• my

• sent

• yellow

• for

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E