Parts of Speech Handout

Name:______Date:______

Part I: Match each part of speech with its correct definition. In parenthesis next to the definition is an example of that part of speech.

A. Noun 1. Used to describe verbs (slowly) B.Adverb 2. A person, place or thing (table) C.Adjective 3. An action (jump) D.Verb 4. Used to connect words, phrases and Clauses (and) 5. Used to describe the noun (beautiful) 6. Sits before a noun to show the noun’s relationship to another word (in)

Part II: Fill in the blank with a word that can correctly complete the sentence and it’s correct part if speech.

1. Every day my ______(noun) wakes me up at 7:00 a.m. for school. 2. I always feel so ______(adjective) and want to go right back to sleep. 3. ______(preposition) breakfast, I go straight to the bust stop. 4. I bring an umbrella with me ______(conjunction) it is raining.

Part III: Choose the option that best describes the word.

It is my birthday tomorrow, Hurray! I hope she likes the cookies! Hurray is a/an______She is a/an______A. Noun A. Pronoun B. Pronoun B. Adjective C. Interjection C. Preposition D. Conjunction D. Adverb