Name: _____________________________

Due: 2-4-10

Parts of Speech
1. What part of speech is a person?

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2. What part of speech is describes a

verb, adjective or adverb (NOT a noun)?

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3. What part of speech describes a noun?

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4. What part of speech is an action word?

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5. What part of speech are the words

is, are, was, were, and am?

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6. What part of speech is a place?

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7. What part of speech are the words

I, you, we, he, she?

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8. What part of speech are the words

and, or, but, nor?

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9. What part of speech are the words

the, a, and an?

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10. What part of speech is a thing?

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11. What part of speech is the an

idea like happiness or intelligence?

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Directions: What part of speech is each word in the following sentence?

1. The tall man was very quiet.
The - _________________________
tall - _________________________
man - _________________________
was - _________________________
very - _________________________
quiet - _________________________

2. Yesterday, he played loudly with his two, new puppies in their very big backyard.
Yesterday - _________________________
he - _________________________
played - _________________________
loudly - _________________________
his - _________________________
two - _________________________
new - _________________________
puppies - _________________________
very - _________________________
big - _________________________
backyard - _________________________
Directions: What is the subject and what is the predicate of the following sentence.
1. The little boy went to school.
Subject -

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Predicate -

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