PARTS OF SPEECH

W O RK S H EE T S , ACTIVITIES & GAMES Parts of Speech Practice

A. Match the definitions below to the correct parts of speech.

B. Nouns
1. Words that indicate people, places, things, etc. ....... a. verbs
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E. Interjections
2. Words that express our feelings and emotions. ....... b. nouns
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A. Verbs
3. Words that express actions and change according to tense. ....... c. --------------
adjectives
C, Adjectives
4. Words that describe objects, people, places, things, etc. ....... --------
d. adverbs
F. Conjuntions
5. Words that connect two words or two sentences. ....... -------
e. interjections
D. Adverbs
6. Words that describe how we do things. ....... f. conjunctions
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H. Pronouns
7. Words used in place of nouns to avoid repetition of nouns. ....... g. prepositions
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8. Words showing the relation of nouns, verbs, etc.G. Prepositions

....... h. pronouns
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B. Put the words below in the correct categories.

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shh him John ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
old but in badly run and at she well on
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yum table ouch have
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hmm Canada hot useful ____________________
so sing dog talk
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for although it easily oops good quickly me eat soup bad
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from slowly however week us loudly sad see by
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- yuck
--- or you
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Verbs Nouns Adjectives Adverbs

run, sing, Talk, eat, see John, table, Canada, hot well, good, bad, sad, badly, easyly, quickly,
Dog, soup old, have, useful slowly, loudly, week

Interjections Conjunctions Prepositions Pronouns

shh, yum, ouch, hmm, at, on, from, by, for him, she, it, me, us, you
but, and, so, although,
oops, yuck however, or

C. Write the parts of speech missing in each sentence.

yesterday warm
1. ........................ was a ......................... and sunny day.
on table
2. The cat sat ........................ the ........................
eat and
3. I ........................ a banana .........................an apple.
shhhh
4. ........................ on
! The baby is sleeping ......................... over there.

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 PARTS OF SPEECH

W O RK S H EE T S , ACTIVITIES & GAMES Parts of Speech Practice

D. Complete the sentences with the words from Exercise B.

she week
1. Ann gave it to me when ........................ came to see me last ........................
soup on
2. The ........................ is in a bowl......................... the table.
shhh loudly
3. ........................! Please don't talk so......................... I'm trying to sleep.
hot so
4. It was a ........................ day, ......................... we decided to eat lunch outside.
John quickly
5. ........................ is a nice man. I shall miss him when he moves to ........................

however
6. ........................ good
the dog is ....................... , he can still run quite fast.
see and
7. I ........................ a cat ......................... a bird.
she well
8. ........................ is good at the piano, and she can sing ......................... too.
yum eat
9. ........................! That cake looks delicious. I can't wait to ........................ it.
it on
10. ........................ was raining hard, so we couldn't play......................... the garden.

E. Identify and underline the word that doesn't belong in each group.

------ / her
1. them / we / Sara

2. jeans / clothes / jacket / wear

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3. expensive
----------- / buy / drive / spend

---- / dog
4. Mario / Brazil / live

5. under / there
---- / above / behind

6. nice / heavy /------------

quickly / sad

F. Complete the sentences with your own words. Make sure to use the correct part of
speech.

in restaurant
1. Sam ate his lunch ........................ the ........................

eat
2. I ........................ morning before I go to ........................
every ........................ work
pen so
3. I couldn't find my ........................, ......................... I borrowed one.
a story good
4. Luis writes ........................, and he is a......................... student too.
beautifull in shop
5. I bought a ........................ necklace ........................ the ........................ today.
wow cool
6. ........................! That's really ........................
she interested
7. ........................ had never seen a ........................ before. It was her first time.
perform nice
8. She can ........................ very ........................

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