PARTS OF THE SPEECH

Task 1. Use the words in the box for each definition given.

PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE ARTICLE

ADVERB VERB NOUN
PRONOUN OBJECT SUBJECT

a) a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality = ________________
b) in grammar, a word that is used before a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun, connecting it to
another word = ________________
c) a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, adverb, or phrase =
________________
d) any of the English words "a," "an," and "the," or words in other languages that do the
same job as these = ________________
e) a word or phrase that describes an action, condition, or experience = ________________
f) a word that describes a noun or pronoun = ________________
g) the person or thing that performs the action of a verb, or is joined to a description by a verb
= ________________
h) a word that is used instead of a noun or a noun phrase = ________________
i) a noun or noun phrase that is affected by the action of a verb or that follows a preposition =
________________

Task 2. The words given need to be organised to form a sentence. Follow the structure given.

AGAINST GRAVITY ME WORKING IS

NOUN + AUXILIARY VERB + VERB IN THE GERUND + PREPOSITION + OBJECT PRONOUN

_______________________________________________________________________________________

ME HAS BETTER GRAVITY MEN THAN TAKEN

NOUN + AUXILIARY VERB + VERB IN THE PARTICIPLE + ADJECTIVE + NOUN + PREPOSITION + OBJECT PRONOUN
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Task 3. Select 4 strong lines from songs you really like and write them down here following
colour pattern created.

• Some words might be classified into more than one category. It is your choice.
PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE ARTICLE
ADVERB VERB NOUN
PRONOUN OBJECT SUBJECT

1) Band/Artist + Song: ______________________________________________________________________

Line: ____________________________________________________________________________________

2) Band/Artist + Song: ______________________________________________________________________

Line: ____________________________________________________________________________________

3) Band/Artist + Song: ______________________________________________________________________

Line: ____________________________________________________________________________________

4) Band/Artist + Song: ______________________________________________________________________

Line: ____________________________________________________________________________________

ANSWER KEY
Task 1.
a) NOUN
b) PREPOSITION
c) ADVERB
d) ARTICLE
e) VERB
f) ADJECTIVE
g) SUBJECT
h) PRONOUN
i) OBJECT
Task 2.
a) Gravity is working against me
b) Gravity has taken better men than me