1.8 Parts of Speech - Part Two

Review

The parts of speech are shown here with examples.

part of speech

function or "job"

example words

example sentences
Verb action or state (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must BCLN is a web site. I like BCLN.
Noun thing or person pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in Kelowna.
Adjective describes a noun good, big, red, well, interesting My dogs are big. I like big dogs.
Adverb describes a verb, adjective or adverb quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, she, some Tara is from Kamloops. She is beautiful.
Preposition links a noun to another word to, at, after, on, but We went to the theatre on Monday.
Conjunction joins clauses or sentences or words and, but, when I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.

Identify the part of speech in bold.

  1. I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.

    A. preposition
    B. adjective
    C. noun
  2. What did she ask you to do?
    A. conjunction
    B. preposition
    C. pronoun
  3. I left my shoes under the kitchen table.
    A. adjective
    B. preposition
    C. pronoun
  4. If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.
    A. adverb
    B. conjunction
    C. verb
  5. On Saturdays I work from nine to five.
    A. verb
    B. preposition
    C. adverb
  6. I want to go to a university in Victoria.
    A. adjective
    B. preposition
    C. noun
  7. Andy knocked on the door but nobody answered.
    A. adverb
    B. adjective
    C. conjunction
  8. After lunch let's go out for a coffee.
    A. pronoun
    B. preposition
    C. verb

Adapted from https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech.htm