ESL Parts of Speech

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: "Last year, she head-butted this kid down the stairs because he was looking at her funny."

• kid

• head-butted

• stairs

• looking

Identify the common noun(s) in the following sentence: "Last year, she head-butted this kid down the stairs because he was looking at her funny."

• head-butted

• stairs

• looking

• funny

Identify the PROPER NOUN(s) in the following sentence: "When Elaine knocked those kids down the stairs, the line outside the Nurse Anna's office stretched halfway to the cafeteria."

• knocked

• stairs

• Elaine

• office

• Nurse Anna

An adverb describes.........

• a person, place, or thing

• a noun

• a detail word

• a verb

Identify the VERB(s) in the following sentence: "Kiana steps forward, struggling to keep a straight face as she reaches for my arm."

• Kiana

• steps

• reaches

• arm

Identify the ADVERB(s) in the following sentence: To catch her attention, James coughed loudly.

• James

• attention

• loudly

• catch

Identify the ADJECTIVE(s) in the following sentence: "In a glass terrarium in the corner of the room, under a sign with the name VLADIMIR, is some kind of green lizard about eight inches long."

• glass

• green

• lizard

• terrarium

Identify the ADJECTIVE(s) in the following sentence: Chauncey's puke smells like a mixture of parmesean cheese and Italian food.

• puke

• parmesean

• food

• smells

Identify the PROPER NOUN(s) in the sentence: Barnstorm plops himself down on the floor next to Aldo and one of his crutches whacks the red-haired boy in the side of the head.

• plops

• Aldo

• boy

• Barnstorm

• whacks

A verb is a(n)..........

• describes a verb

• describes a noun

• an action word

• a person, place, or thing