Parts of Speech Review — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. In "The old bridge creaked loudly," the adjective describing bridge is old.
Old describes the bridge (a noun) — it tells what kind of bridge, so it is an adjective.
2. In "She placed the vase on the shelf carefully," the adverb is carefully.
Carefully tells how she placed the vase — it modifies the verb placed, so it is an adverb.
3. In "Lions and tigers are big cats," the conjunction is and.
And joins the two nouns lions and tigers — it is a coordinating conjunction.
4. In "The ball rolled under the table," the preposition is under.
Under shows the spatial relationship between the ball and the table — it is a preposition.
5. In "Courage helped him face the challenge," the word courage is a noun.
Courage names an idea (abstract noun) — it is the subject of the sentence.
6. In "The excited puppy jumped over the fence," the verb is jumped.
Jumped shows the action performed by the puppy — it is the main verb.
7. In "We will visit Grandma tomorrow," the word tomorrow tells when and is an adverb.
Tomorrow tells when the visit will happen — it is an adverb of time.
8. In "Her painting looked beautiful," the adjective is beautiful.
Beautiful describes the painting (a noun) after the linking verb looked — it is a predicate adjective.
9. A word that replaces a noun, like he, she, or it, is called a pronoun.
Pronouns substitute for nouns to prevent repetition and improve sentence flow.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
describes a noun
→ adjective
adverb
shows action or being
→ verb
conjunction
connects words or groups of words
→ conjunction
verb
tells how, when, or where
→ adverb
adjective
Describes noun → adjective; Shows action/being → verb; Connects words → conjunction; Tells how/when/where → adverb.