Name: ___________________ Date: ______________________

Parts of Speech

Worksheet

Section A

Identify the part of speech of the two underlined words in each sentence.

1. The garden hose should be near the rose garden. _____________ ___________________________________
2. We run the dogs once each day in the dog run out back. __________________________________________
3. I will not iron with this iron. _________________________________________________________________________
4. The chair fell over and then rolled over the rug. ___________________________________________________
5. She rubbed hard on the hard surface of the table to restore its shine. ___________________________

(10 marks)

Section B

Identify the part of speech of each underlined word.

From (1) historians (2)we learn that the Chinese used fans as early as 3000 B.C. It is (3) also
known that the (4) rulers of Egypt were efficiently (5) cooled by palm (6) fans. Serving an
important function (7) in early religious (8) ceremonies, fans brushed (9) flies away (10) from
sacred vessels. By 700 A.D., the Japanese (11) invented folding (12) fans and (13) added bright
colours to them; (14) however, (15) it is the Portuguese whom (16) we can thank for
introducing fans to Europe in (17) the 1500’s. So popular were they (18) that many (19) of the
men during (20) the reign of Louis XV carried them. Artists of the 1800’s painted on fans, and
the works (21) of great masters grace the folds of some fans. Alas, (22) fans are used today (23)
primarily as wallhangings, (24) seldom as part of (25) our attire.

1. _________________ 14. _________________

2. _________________ 15. _________________
3. _________________ 16. _________________
4. _________________ 17. _________________
5. _________________ 18. _________________
6. _________________ 19. _________________
7. _________________ 20. _________________
8. _________________ 21. _________________
9. _________________ 22. _________________
10. _________________ 23. _________________
11. _________________ 24. _________________
12. _________________ 25. _________________
13. _________________
Name: ___________________ Date: ______________________

(25 marks)