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Parts of Speech

*All questions are adapted & sourced from X-Kit Achieve! English Grammar
Home Language CAPS Workbook Gr.8 &9

1. Read the paragraphs below and categorise each underlined word under the correct part
of speech in the table. (Redraw this table in your book.)
Wow! The farm roads are exactly as I remember them. Nothing has changed
here. Cattle are grazing in the fields and flicking flies away lazily with their tails. I
watch them for a while and find myself becoming very peaceful.
Chewing is something cows seem to do all the time. Amongst the cattle are egrets
which can often be seen perched on the grazing herd. Life certainly moves slowly
on a farm. That is something that I miss.

Nouns Adjectives Pronouns Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections

Finite Verbs Gerunds Infinitives Participles Auxiliary Verbs Adverbs

Articles

2. Create abstract nouns from each of the following words.


e.g., angry -> anger
2.1 behave
2.2 arrogant
2.3 forgive
2.4 devote
2.5 lose
2.6 exist

3. Create adjectives from each of the following words.


e.g., break -> broken
3.1 catastrophe
3.2 divide
3.3 glamour
3.4 tragedy
3.6 terror
3.6 lose

4. Change the following words into verbs.


e.g., simple -> simplify
4.1 clear
4.2 danger
4.3 pure
4.4 prison
4.5 hot
4.6 red
4.7 blood
4.8 memory

5. Give the plural form of each of the following nouns. Use a dictionary if you need
help.
5.1 bus
5.2 potato
5.3 photo
5.4 piano
5.5 radius
5.6 louse
5.7 oasis
5.8 crisis

6. Correct any pronoun errors in the following paragraph.


My brother and me are going to visit a friend of our's.
This friend, who's name is Trey, is one of these people
that has many talents. His very modest about his
talents. He always says one must try to use the skills you
are given and that every person must always try their
best.
7. Complete the table by using the correct degrees of comparison.

Positive Comparative Superlative


grateful 7.1 7.2
soft 7.3 7.4
eager 7.5 7.6
grumpy 7.7 7.8

8. Identify all the non-finite verbs in the following sentences. Say whether they
are participles, infinitives, or gerunds.

8.1To get to the bird hide we took a narrow dirt road.


8.2There was a copse of majestic fever trees in which monkeys were playing.
8.3 Playing occupies a significant part of a young monkey's time.
8.4 I would give my right arm to be as quick and agile as a verve! monkey!
8.5 There was one monkey that had a broken tail, but this did not stop his
swinging wildly in the branches.
8.6 Grooming and eating keep the adult monkeys busy but they are also
constantly watching their offspring.

9. Say whether the underlined words are prepositions or adverbs in the following
sentences.
9.1Your dad is waiting outside.
9.2He ate a large breakfast before the hike.
9.3 I had heard this story before.

10. Complete the following table.


Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

e.g., die death dead deadly


suspect 10.1 10.2 10.3
10.4 10.5 10.6 satisfactorily
10.7 10.8 apologetic 10.9
10.10 life 10.11 10.12
repeat 10.13 10.14 10.15
10.16 10.17 continuous 10.18

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