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SPaG Samurai Training
Grammar – Parts of Speech
1. Correct or incorrect...? a) ‘Correct or incorrect’ includes a conjunction.
b) Love and hate are nouns.
c) Love and hate can also be verbs.
d) Adverbs always end -ly.
e) Always is an adverb.
2. Name that part of speech.
a) Adds detail by describing or modifying something. b) Combines with a subject and object to form a basic English sentence. c) Substitute for a noun that has already been clearly defined. d) Typically partnered with an exclamation mark. e) Name suggests it precedes a noun and reveals something about its placement.
3. Identify the odd one out.
a) tall obtuse cloth fragrant lonely b) vale price steps vast holiday c) jump cliff ski race tumble d) fast slow rapidly gently leisure e) never and because although yet
4. Identify the underlined parts of speech in each sentence.
a) The cat sat on the mat. b) Who do you want to win? c) Woah, that’s rough. d) I like holidays; however, I dislike flying. e) I didn’t mean to be mean. SPaG Samurai Training Grammar – Parts of Speech Answers 1. Correct or incorrect...? a) ‘Correct or incorrect’ includes a conjunction.
b) Love and hate are nouns.
c) Love and hate can also be verbs.
d) Adverbs always end -ly.
e) Always is an adverb.
2. Name that part of speech.
a) Adds detail by describing or modifying something. adjective b) Combines with a subject and object to form a basic English sentence. verb c) Substitute for a noun that has already been clearly defined. pronoun d) Typically partnered with an exclamation mark. interjection e) Name suggests it precedes a noun and reveals something about its placement. preposition
3. Identify the odd one out.
a) tall obtuse cloth fragrant lonely Noun among adjectives b) vale price steps vast holiday Adjective among nouns c) jump cliff ski race tumble Noun alone (all others can operate as nouns and verbs) d) fast slow rapidly gently leisure Noun among adverbs e) never and because although yet Adverb among conjunctions
4. Identify the underlined parts of speech in each sentence.
a) The cat sat on the mat. preposition b) Who do you want to win? pronoun c) Woah, that’s rough. interjection d) I like holidays; however, I dislike flying. conjunction e) I didn’t mean to be mean. verb