Recognizing Parts
of Speech 1 Answers
Directions:
Identify the underlined word in each sentence below by writing the correct part of speech on the line at the left. Choose among the following terms:
noun
verb
conjunction
article
adverb
preposition
pronoun
adjective interjection
Example:
Interjection
Oh, Jan, your plastic rain hat melted in the dryer.
Adjective
1. Good loudspeakers need not be expensive.
Verb
2. Melissa is too short to get a good view of the road from the
driver’s seat.
Noun
3. Using skim milk on cereal keeps the total fat content low.
Adverb
4. Ralph rarely balances his checkbook.
Conjunction
5. My old Barbie doll has pink plastic high heels, but your doll
has running shoes
Pronoun
6. Dorothy never opens her junk mail.
Verb
7. Cortisone reduces inflammation.
Noun
8. Fossil evidence suggests that whales once had hind feet.
Article
9. Julie made a braided rug out of discarded clothes.
Preposition 10. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of $2 million.