PART OF SPEECH EXERCISES for Miss Maisarah @KPTMKB

Here is a brief definition of each of the 8 part of speech.

❤ Noun - are words that name people, places, things, or ideas
❤ Pronouns - words that take place of nouns
❤ Verbs - are words that show action or a state of being
❤ Adjectives - are words that describe nouns or pronouns
❤ Adverbs - a words that describes verbs, adjective, or other adverbs
❤ Prepositions - are words that describe the relationship between a nouns or pronoun and some other words element in the rest of the sentence
❤ Conjunctions - are words that join two or more words, phrases or clauses

❤ Interjections - are words that show emotion












RASHDIA NASHA MUNIRA BINTI YUSRY
PTM 14070 2720

Exercise 1

You have to read the following sentences and underline the word or words that belong to the part of speech specified in the bracket.

Exercise 1

1. She went to the market and bought some eggs. (verb)

2. I want to go now. (adverb)

3. What are you doing there? (adverb)

4. There is a mouse underneath the piano. (preposition)

5. Masons build houses. (noun)

6. John is my best friend. (proper noun)

7. She looked up but didn’t see anything. (adverb)

8. My family live in different parts of India. (collective noun)

9. That was a difficult question. (adjective)

10. She was very impressed with her results. (adverb)

11. Although she is poor, she is happy. (conjunction)

12. Have we bought enough chairs? (adjective)

13. The policeman didn’t run fast enough to catch the thief. (adverb)

Exercise 2

1. Remember to drive safely. 

2. Don't talk like that.
3. Sally and Tom are coming back soon.
4. This is a pretty vase.
5. Let's do it. Part of speech:
6. The cat is on the table.
7. Oh, I didn't know that.
8. Do you want to go out or stay home?
9. New York is a big city.
10. I want the blue ball.
11. We finished it yesterday.
12. What am I going to do without you?
13. He will come. 
14. Wow, those are great news!
15. We have pens, pencil, notebooks and markers.
16. They went into the hall.

Answers 

1. adverb
2. verb
3. noun
4. adjective
5. pronoun
6. preposition
7. interjection
8. conjunction
9. noun
10. adjective
11. adverb
12. pronoun
13. verb
14. interjection
15. conjunction
16. preposition

SENTENCE PATTERNS

Write a complete sentence for each sentence pattern.

1. S-V
I ate an apple.

2. S-V-O
Auniy drink a lemon juice.

3. S-V-C
Ain is wearing a beautiful wedding dress.

4. S-V-E
The house is very big.

5. Compound sentence
Fatin and Nasha are best friends.

6. Complex sentence
Auniy stay with Lay at China because she loves her husband soo much

FATIN ELIANA BINTI AMRAN
PTM 14070 2718

Parts of Speech 

Exercise 1

ADJECTIVE

1.The weather was quite warm so we walked lazily along the shady path near an old cemetery in the countryside. 

PRONOUN 

2.While Josephine nonchalantly ate her huge sandwich, we numbly watched a sly cat as it climbed almost imperceptibly onto the ledge by the sofa and rather greedily eyed a poor little mouse under the chair. 

ADVERB

3. If anyone in a dark suit knocks at the door before I come back, answer it very cautiously, and call the police immediately if you suspect danger. 

DETERMINER

4. The coffee from that small market near the mall usually tastes pretty good, but lately it has seemed somewhat acidic. 

Exercise 2  

1. I bought a beautiful (adjective) dress at the mall.

2. What did she (pronoun) ask you to do?

3. I left my shoes under (preposition) the kitchen table.

4. If we finish our work quickly (adverb) we can go to the movie.

5. On Saturday I work (verb) from nine to five.

6. I want to go to a university (noun) in the United States.

7. I'm sure I have met (verb) your girlfriend before.

8. Well (interjection), I don't think I will be here to answer the phone.

9. Andy knocked on the door but (conjunction) nobody answered.

10. After (preposition) lunch let's go out for a coffee.

SENTENCE PATTERNS

Write a complete sentence for each sentence pattern.

1. S-V
The sun shines.

2. S-V-O
Auniy and Ain are eating.

3. S-V-C
The weather is hot.

4. S-V-E
She ate very fast.

5. Compound sentence
He walks and smile at the same time.

6. Complex sentence
After much deliberation, Luhan bought the biggest car on the lot.

NURUL IZZATI TAQIAH BINTI ISMAIL

PTM 14070 2748

Exercise 1

A) Complete the following exercise with a / an or the. Leave blank if no article is needed. 

According to  National Weather Service,  cyclones are 

areas of circulating winds that rotate counterclockwise in  Northern

Hemisphere and clockwise in  Southern Hemisphere. They are generally

accompanied by some kind of  precipitation and by  stormy

weather.  tornadoes and  hurricanes are  types of

cyclones, as are  typhoons, which are  storms that occur in 

western Pacific Ocean.
 hurricane is  cyclone that forms over  tropical oceans and

seas and has  winds of at least seventy-four miles  hour. 

hurricane rotates in  shape of  oval or  circle. 

hurricanes can cause  great environmental damage.  Hurricane

Andrew, which hit  coasts of Louisiana and southern Florida in August

1992, caused  extreme devastation. In terms of environmental

damage,  Hurricane Andrew is one of  most devastating hurricanes

ever to hit  United States. Fourteen people died because of 

Andrew's effects.

Exercise 2 

Fill in the blanks with the given conjunctions below. (Capitalize where needed) 

now that	although	because	while	nor	otherwise	thus
nonetheless	because of	therefore	unlike	since	both	as

Top of Form

1. Stephen Crane's schooling was not continuous; ---- he read all of the 19th-century English writers and the Greek and Latin classics.

2. Medical scientists have not yet discovered what causes muscular dystrophy, an inherited disorder that strikes nerve tissue and cripples its victim. ---- do they know what causes sudden death syndrome.

3. ---- more and more is learned about the biochemical changes that go on in the body ---- it grows older, scientists may someday be able to modify those changes to ensure better health for the aged.

4. ---- the emphasis on the technical study of language and literature, Roman education was remote from the real world and the interests of the schoolboys.

5. ---- the Greeks, who considered physical health a part of education, the church considered the human body something to be ignored.

6. Abundance of prey can vary locally within a region. ----, whales must be prepared to move constantly in search of the highest food densities.

7. ---- some teachers guide the natural development of the child's innate powers, others build knowledge into the child's mind through a systematic method of instruction.

8. A greenhouse is used ---- for displaying plants and, where winters are cold, for growing plants that would not ---- survive the seasonal change.

9. ---- its creation in 1903, the High Court of Australia has been responsible for interpreting the constitution.

10. ---- T.S. Eliot published few poems, they have had a tremendous influence on modern poetic technique.

SENTENCE PATTERNS

Write a complete sentence for each sentence pattern.

1. S-V
She is walking.

2. S-V-O
Nasha is watching Annabelle's movie.

3. S-V-C
The weather is cold.

4. S-V-E
A rabbit ran very fast.

5. Compound sentence
Fatin went to the market and bought a fish.

6. Complex sentence
My mother is cooking at kitchen while my sister is cleaning our  house.

NURUL AIN NAJIHAH BINTI GHAZALI

PTM 14070 2732

Exercise 1
Decide which parts of speech are the underlined words.

1. You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at                 something. (Pronoun)

2. We left for the mountain just before six in the morning. (Verb)

3. We first went to the store to buy a few things. (Preposition)

4. We had a breakfast at a cafe near the rail station. (Noun)

5. My freind wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy rucksack. (Adjective)

6. I helped him carry it. (Pronoun)

7. He weather was very cold. (Adverb)

8. My friend said, "Oh! What a cold weather!" (Interjection)

9. We didn't spend the night there. (Adverd)

10. We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep immediately. We were yery hungry. (Conjunction)

 Exercise 2

1. Steve can play the trumpet. (Auxiliary)

2. Do you like dogs? (Verb)

3. They listen to music every day. (Verb)

4. She is an old lady. (Adjective)

5. The group went climbing in the mountains. (Noun)

6. This is a fast car. (Adjective)

7. He did well in the test. (Adverb)

8. My father drives carefully. (Adverb)

9. Has your father ever been to Australia? (Noun)

10. The play was fantastic. (Noun)

SENTENCE PATTERNS

Write a complete sentence for each sentence pattern.

1. S-V
The bus left.

2. S-V-O
Aswad kick the ball.

3. S-V-C
The sun is hot.

4. S-V-E
A child cried in the night. 

5. Compound sentence
Ain and Suho go to honeymoon together.

6. Complex sentence
The boy ate the cake because he was hungry.