Parts of Speech Quiz                         Name____________________________________

On your loose leaf paper number 1-10 in the margin and 11-20 down the center of your paper.. After each number write the part of speech of the italicized word that comes after that number in the following paragraph.

 

EXAMPLE: Everyone (1) has favorite summer (2) places.

                                    1. verb

                                    2. noun

 

            For (1) me, (2) nothing is (3) better than a trip to the beach. A (4) hot, sunny day, when the sand (5) burns my feet, is (6) perfect (7) for acquiring a (8) tan. I can run (9) through the frothing surf and later sit under a beach umbrella. I (10) enjoy being with friends, (11) but I also like to be at the beach by (12) myself. Even with (13) people around me, I (14) feel free and able to think my (15) own thoughts. At those times I can walk (16) slowly at the shore’s edge, examining all (17) that the sea has washed up. If I accidentally step on a (18) jellyfish, I try not to cry (19) “Ouch!” as my foot stings. From then on, I walk (20) more carefully.

Write a well-developed sentence for each direction given below on your loose leaf paper. Underline the words asked for in each direction.

 

21. Use a proper noun as the subject and a personal pronoun as the object.

 

22. Use a nominative case pronoun as the subject and a common noun as the object of a preposition.

 

23. Use a possessive pronoun somewhere in your sentence and an antecedent.

 

24. Use a first person, plural objective pronoun and a third person, singular nominative

case pronoun 

25. Use a third person, singular possessive case pronoun and an antecedent.