Parts of Speech Quiz
Use the following abbreviations for the exercises:
- S = Subject
- V = Verb
- D.O. = Direct Object
- adv = adverb
- adj = adjective
- n = noun
- pron = pronoun
- cc = coordinate conjunction
- sc = subordinate conjunction
- () = entire prepositional phrase
- part = participial
- inf = infinitive
- ger = gerund
Bracket [ ] the entire phrase for participials, infinitives and gerunds. Identify the way these phrases function in the sentence.
- [Faced with a backlash] {modifies mayor, past part. an adj}, the mayor {S} decided {V} (against a second term) {prep.}.
Identify all the parts of speech in the following sentences and insert internal punctuation when needed.
- Mr. President our city needs help.
- Caffeine a principal ingredient in coffee and cola drinks has been linked with heart disease.
- In the past cosmetics were created only for women but today men use cosmetics to make themselves attractive to women.
- The day before he married his horse was stolen.
- Warts are caused by a virus however callouses are not.
- The lady whose purse was stolen went to the police to report the crime but they ignored her.
- Jerome keen-eyed and alert caught the thief it was lucky for the lady that he saw the incident.
- Solutions cannot be found to many of our problems while the war continues to rage.
- Nations no longer declare war or wage war they declare or wage mutual suicide.
- Maria Jason and I gave the money credit cards and checks to them.
- Looking at the number of women's names in an encyclopedia gives an indication of women's place in history.
- The one thing never to forget is to hold your head high.
- Running along the street, he felt frozen but he knew that he must reach the doctor to save his mother's life.
- Analysts of the job market predict that there will be massive layoffs by the year 2000.
- Joan and Roger students in the class of 1980 are planning a reunion although they are not sure where to hold the event.
- Open the cabinet in the kitchen and take out a can of tuna for lunch.
- Talking on the phone is an art and I have learned to cultivate that pastime.
- Are you going to complete this exam in a timely fashion and more importantly have you followed all the directions carefully?
- I was reading at the kitchen table when the lights in the house went out.
- Television has been called the "boob tube" for years I wonder what the Internet will be called in the future.