Parts of Speech Exercise
What part of speech is the underlined word?
- Will it be alright if I bring a friend tonight? (verb / noun / adverb)
- We are going to Mexico next summer. (adverb / adjective / preposition)
- I will think of you when I am lying on the beach next week. (noun / pronoun / adverb)
- I am going to keep asking her out until she says ‘yes’. (preposition / conjunction / adverb)
- You are not to tell anybody about it. (adverb / preposition / adjective)
- Why are you wearing that funny hat? (adjective / adverb / noun)
- I went to the park yesterday. (verb / adverb / adjective)
- Though she drove fast, she could not catch them. (conjunction / adverb / preposition)
- Much as I respect his work, I cannot agree with him. (noun / pronoun / adjective)
- I shall probably be home late tonight. (adjective / adverb / preposition)
Answers
- Will it be alright if I bring a friend tonight? (verb)
- We are going to Mexico next summer. (adjective)
- I will think of you when I am lying on the beach next week. (noun)
- I am going to keep asking her out until she says ‘yes’. (conjunction)
- You are not to tell anybody about it. (preposition)
- Why are you wearing that funny hat? (adjective)
- I went to the park yesterday. (verb)
- Though she drove fast, she could not catch them. (conjunction)
- Much as I respect his work, I cannot agree with him. (pronoun)
- I shall probably be home late tonight. (adverb)