PARTS OF SPEECH - Identification

Read each sentence carefully. Look at each capitalized word and identify its part of speech.

1. There should be a BETTER ___________way to get from here to Grandma's house.

2. There should be a better WAY ___________to get from here to Grandma's house.

3. On Saturdays, we OFTEN ____________eat a late breakfast.

4. On Saturdays, we often EAT ____________a late breakfast.

5. I can work FASTER ___________without any help.

6. I can work faster without any HELP______________.

7. The manager RECOMMENDED _____________Jim for the new position.

8. The manager recommended Jim for the NEW ______________position.

9. Professor York's INTEREST __________in vintage cars is unusual for a computer

expert.

10. Professor York's interest in vintage cars is UNUSUAL ____________for a computer

expert.

11. INSIDE___________-, the house was very cold.

12. Inside, the house was very COLD____________.

13. "That theft was an INSIDE ____________job," said the detective wisely.

14. "That theft was an inside job," said the detective WISELY_____________.

15. WISE ____________people always look for answers in unlikely places.

16. Wise people always look for answers IN ____________unlikely places.

17. FEW ___________young people will come to the speech tomorrow.

18. Few young people will come to the SPEECH _____________tomorrow.

19. "FEW ___________of you can understand my responsibility in this matter," said Mark.

20. "Few of you can understand my RESPONSIBILITY ___________in this matter," said
Mark.

21. The manager is RESPONSIBLE ___________for the work of every person in the office.
22. The manager is responsibile for the work of every person IN ____________the office.

23. The DIRECTOR ___________followed her customary practice in dealing with that
problem.

24. The director followed her CUSTOMARY ____________practice in dealing with that
problem.

25. We CUSTOMARILY _____________close our office on all legal holidays.

26. We customarily close our office on all LEGAL _____________holidays.

27. That course of action is probably not LEGAL ____________in this case.

28. That course of action is probably not legal in this CASE____________.

29. "LEGALLY___________, we cannot offer the job to her prior to a nationwide search,"
said the vice president for human resources.

30. "Legally, we cannot offer the job to HER _________prior to a nationwide search," said
the vice president for human resources.

Directions: Identify the underlined words as noun (N), pronoun (PN), verb (V),
adjective (ADJ), adverb (ADV), preposition (P), or conjunction (C).

1. Paul Anderson was proclaimed the world-champion weight-lifter.

2. He established this record by lifting 1175 pounds.
3. The records indicate that the first fight with boxing gloves was fought in 1818
in France.
4. No man alive today could have been present at that time.
5. He had so much to do that he went home early.
6. Not wanting to be rude, he made his apologies to his host.
7. “Ordinarily, I would not leave so soon, but I have so much to do,” he told his
host.
8. The understanding was between the guest and his host.
9. In 1876, R. Barnes of Chicago lead the National League with an average of .
403.
10. In the 1957 World Series, Lew Burdette won three games, two of which were
shutouts.