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.

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