Parts of Speech Table

Part of speech Function or “job” Example words Example sentences

Verb Action or state (to) be, have, do, like, Garfield is a cat.
work, sing, can, must I like Garfield.
Noun Name of Thing , music, town, London, This is my dog.
person,place ,idea or teacher, He lives in my house.
emotion John,happiness. We live in London.
Adjectives Describes a noun a/an, the, 23, some, good, My dog is big.
big, red, interesting I like big dogs.
Adverb Describes a verb, quickly, silently, My dog eats quickly.
adjective or adverb well, badly, very, When he is very hungry,
(how,when,where) really he eats really quickly.
Pronoun Replaces a noun I, you, he, she, some Tara is my sister; she
is beautiful.
Preposition Shows relation to, at, after, on, but We went to the park on
or position of a Monday.
noun to
another word
Conjunction Joins two or more and, but, when, for, nor, I like dogs and cats.
words, phrases, or, yet, so, since, I like cars, but I don’t
clausesor sentences like driving.
.
Interjection Short exclamation, Oh! Ouch! Hi! Well. Ouch! That hurts!
sometimes inserted Hi! How are you?
into a sentence Well, I don’t
know.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentences :
1. Steve can play the trumpet.          
2. Do you like dogs?            
3. They listen to music every day.            
4. She is an old lady.          
5. The group went climbing in the mountains.            
6. This is a fast car.
7. He did well in the test.            
8. My father drives carefully.
9. Has your father ever been to Australia?
10. The play was fantastic.
Each sentence given below contains an underlined word. You have to find out what part of speech that word
belongs to.

1. She was running a high temperature.

a) adjective
b) adverb
c) noun

2. I am the happiest woman in the world.

a) adverb
b) adjective
c) verb

3. He has many influential friends.

a) noun
b) verb
c) adjective

4. Choose the lesser of the two evils.

a) adverb
b) noun
c) verb

5. Hari is the most intelligent boy in the class.

a) conjunction
b) preposition
c) adverb

6. A fast car goes fast.

a) verb
b) adjective
c) adverb

7. She was angry but she said nothing.

a) preposition
b) pronoun
c) conjunction

8. There is something under the bed.

a) preposition
b) conjunction
c) noun

9. They live in a small cottage above the lake.

a) verb
b) noun
c) preposition

10. He cut himself while shaving.

a) adverb
b) adjective
c) verb