partsof speechfreebie

By: Jennifer Wood www.theblessedteacher.blogspot.com

Name___________________

Parts of Speech Pre-Test

Part 1: Define each part of speech

1. Noun _____________________________________________________________

2. Pronoun ________________________________________________________

3. Verb ______________________________________________________________

4. Adverb ___________________________________________________________

5. Adjective _________________________________________________________

Part 2: Read the following sentence and complete the chart below. Sam and I walked quickly down the dark street toward the brightly

lit house that he lived in.

Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adverbs Adjectives

Nouns name a person, place or

thing. Example:

Sarah is a kind girl who is helpful to her classmates.

A pronoun takes the place of a

noun.

Example: He wanted to sit next to them at the lunch table.

A verb describes an action or a state of being.

Example: Stacy is planning on playing tag at recess.

An adverb describes an

action.

Example: Billy waited patiently for the teacher to call on

him.

Adjectives are describing

words.

Example: Jessica is that sweet

girl wearing the bright pink shirt and

blue pants.

Directions: Cut out each word. Glue it into the flip book under the correct part of speech.

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adverbs

Adjectives

student jumped raced sour

soft quietly football slowly

grouchy running school them

she coach funny quickly

student jumped raced sour

soft quietly football slowly

grouchy running school them

she coach funny quickly

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Name___________________

Parts of Speech Test

Part 1: Identify the parts of speech in the sentence below.

Complete the chart.

The children giggled quietly when the teacher stood up

because she sat in something and had a big mark on her

tan skirt.

Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adverbs Adjectives

Part 2 Define each part of speech

1. Noun _____________________________________________________________

2. Pronoun ________________________________________________________

3. Verb ______________________________________________________________

4. Adverb ___________________________________________________________

5. Adjective _________________________________________________________

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