Nine fill-in-the-blank questions move through every word class — labeling "inside" as a preposition, "nervously" as an adverb, "yikes" as an interjection, "I" as a pronoun, "cold" as an adjective, "so" as a conjunction, and "galloped" as a verb.
A matching activity then asks you to pair "graceful," "toward," "she," and "explored" with their parts of speech. Sorting words by the role they play, not just by how they look, sharpens the grammar instincts you need for editing your own writing and understanding tougher sentences in books.
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Parts of Speech
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. In "The squirrel hid acorns inside the hollow log," the preposition is inside.
2. In "She nervously opened the envelope," the adverb is nervously.
3. In "Yikes, that spider is huge!" the word yikes is an interjection.
4. In "He and I built a treehouse," the word I is a pronoun.
5. In "The cold wind rattled the windows," the adjective is cold.
6. In "The teacher explained the lesson, so everyone understood," the conjunction is so.
7. In "The horse galloped across the meadow," the verb is galloped.
8. In "Honesty is the best policy," the word honesty is a noun because it names a quality.
9. In "They quietly crept past the sleeping guard," the word past is 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.
graceful
→ adjective
pronoun
toward
→ preposition
verb
she
→ pronoun
preposition
explored
→ verb
adjective
Parts of Speech
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) In "The squirrel hid acorns inside the hollow log," the preposition is inside.
2) In "She nervously opened the envelope," the adverb is nervously.
3) In "Yikes, that spider is huge!" the word yikes is an interjection.
4) In "He and I built a treehouse," the word I is a pronoun.
5) In "The cold wind rattled the windows," the adjective is cold.
6) In "The teacher explained the lesson, so everyone understood," the conjunction is so.
7) In "The horse galloped across the meadow," the verb is galloped.
8) In "Honesty is the best policy," the word honesty is a noun because it names a quality.
9) In "They quietly crept past the sleeping guard," the word past is 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.
graceful
→ adjective
pronoun
toward
→ preposition
verb
she
→ pronoun
preposition
explored
→ verb
adjective
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