Parts of Speech — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. In "Hey, come look at this!" the word hey is an interjection.
"Hey" is a sudden exclamation that expresses excitement or grabs attention, making it an interjection.
2. In "The artist painted a colorful mural," the adjective is colorful.
"Colorful" describes the mural by telling what it looks like, and words that describe nouns are adjectives.
3. In "We searched everywhere for the missing key," the adverb is everywhere.
"Everywhere" tells where the searching happened, and since it modifies the verb "searched," it is an adverb.
4. In "Mom asked him to set the table," the pronoun is him.
"Him" replaces a boy's or man's name in the sentence, which is the job of a pronoun -- it avoids repeating the person's actual name.
5. In "The cat sat between the two pillows," the preposition is between.
"Between" shows the cat's position relative to the two pillows, and showing location or position is what prepositions do.
6. In "She tried hard, yet she did not give up," the conjunction is yet.
"Yet" joins two contrasting ideas -- she tried hard AND she did not give up -- making it a conjunction that connects the two clauses.
7. In "The mechanic repaired the engine quickly," the verb is repaired.
"Repaired" is the action the mechanic performed on the engine -- verbs name what someone does, and repairing is the action here.
8. In "Friendship means a lot to me," the word friendship is a noun because it names an idea.
"Friendship" names an idea or concept rather than a physical object, but nouns can name ideas, feelings, and qualities -- not just things you can touch.
9. In "The gentle breeze blew through the valley," the word through is a preposition.
"Through" shows the direction the breeze traveled relative to the valley, and showing direction or location is the role of a preposition.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
hurray
→ interjection
conjunction
them
→ pronoun
adverb
although
→ conjunction
pronoun
swiftly
→ adverb
interjection
Correct matches: hurray → interjection; them → pronoun; although → conjunction; swiftly → adverb.