The eight parts of speech are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
Verbs show action or state of being.
Nouns are the names of persons, places, things, or ideas.
Pronouns take the place of nouns.
Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns and tell which, whose, what kind,
and how many.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs and tell how, when,
where, and how much.
Prepositions must have an object and show a relationship between its object
and some other word in the sentence.
Conjunctions join words, phrases (groups of words), or clauses (groups of words with a subject and
verb).
Interjections show feeling and are punctuated with either a comma or an
exclamation point.
If you need further clarification on
any of the parts of speech, see the Daily Grammar archive (dailygrammar.com/archive.html). Remember that what part of
speech a word is depends on how it is used in the sentence.
Instructions: In the following sentences tell the part of speech of each italicized word as
used in the sentence.
1. Joe has been here since yesterday.
2. I will do what I can since you want it.
3. I looked behind for any cars.
4. Will you stand behind me?
5. That is a fine horse you have.
6. The policeman gave me a fine.
7. I will fine you for your action.
8. I shall mine the gold.
9. The coal mine was no longer used.
10. That coat is mine.
--For answers scroll
down.
Answers:
1. since - preposition
2. since - conjunction
3. behind - adverb
4. behind - preposition
5. fine - adjective
6. fine - noun
7. fine - verb
8. mine - verb
9. mine - noun
10. mine - pronoun
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