Parts of Speech Exercise

What part of speech is the underlined word?

  1. Will it be alright if I bring a friend tonight? (verb / noun / adverb)
  2. We are going to Mexico next summer. (adverb / adjective / preposition)
  3. I will think of you when I am lying on the beach next week. (noun / pronoun / adverb)
  4. I am going to keep asking her out until she says ‘yes’. (preposition / conjunction / adverb)
  5. You are not to tell anybody about it. (adverb / preposition / adjective)
  6. Why are you wearing that funny hat? (adjective / adverb / noun)
  7. I went to the park yesterday. (verb / adverb / adjective)
  8. Though she drove fast, she could not catch them. (conjunction / adverb / preposition)
  9. Much as I respect his work, I cannot agree with him. (noun / pronoun / adjective)
  10. I shall probably be home late tonight. (adjective / adverb / preposition)

Answers

  1. Will it be alright if I bring a friend tonight? (verb)
  2. We are going to Mexico next summer. (adjective)
  3. I will think of you when I am lying on the beach next week. (noun)
  4. I am going to keep asking her out until she says ‘yes’. (conjunction)
  5. You are not to tell anybody about it. (preposition)
  6. Why are you wearing that funny hat? (adjective)
  7. I went to the park yesterday. (verb)
  8. Though she drove fast, she could not catch them. (conjunction)
  9. Much as I respect his work, I cannot agree with him. (pronoun)
  10. I shall probably be home late tonight. (adverb)