English Practice: Parts of Speech

Name: ___________________________________ Date: ____________

I. WRITE the correct PART OF SPEECH to MATCH its DEFINITION in the table below.

PRONOUN VERB CONJUNCTION ADJECTIVE

NOUN INTERJECTION ADVERB
PREPOSITION
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

A word that expresses feelings, or emotions.

A word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

A word used in place of a nouns, or pronoun.

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or a

pronoun, and another word in the sentence. It tells direction,
position, or time.

A word that connects words, sentences, and clauses.

A word that names person, place, thing, or idea.

A word used to describe an action, or state of being.

II. READ each sentence, and then LABEL each word with the correct part of speech.
 adjective = ADJ interjection = I pronoun = P
adverb = ADV
noun = N verb = V conjunction = C
1. Can you drive more slowly ?

2. We wanted to see the horror movie, but the line was long.

3. Oops! I spilled tomato soup on the new white shirt.

4. Wow, Harry and Meghan surprised the queen with their sudden decision.