Part of Speech - ESL worksheet by Tanuja1809 - Free Printable

Let’s go sentence by sentence and label each word with its part of speech using the abbreviations given:

n = noun
v = verb
pron = pronoun
art = article
conj = conjunction
prep = preposition
adj = adjective
adv = adverb
int = interjection

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1. Four seasons fill the measure of the year.

- Four → adj (describes “seasons”)
- seasons → n
- fill → v
- the → art
- measure → n
- of → prep
- the → art
- year → n

✔ Final for #1:
adj n v art n prep art n

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2. Gandhiji was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 2nd October 1869 at Porbandar.

- Gandhiji → n (proper noun)
- was → v (helping verb, but still counted as verb here)
- born → adj? Wait — actually in this context, “was born” is passive voice → “born” is past participle acting as part of verb phrase → so we’ll treat “was born” together as v? But instructions say “each word”, so let’s break it down.

Actually, standard grammar:
“was” = auxiliary verb → v
“born” = past participle → often labeled as adj when used predicatively, but in passive construction, it’s part of verb. Since worksheet says “identify part of speech of each word”, and doesn’t allow compound labels, we’ll follow common school practice:

In many worksheets, “was born” → “was” = v, “born” = adj (because it describes state). Let’s check consistency.

But to be safe and match typical elementary/middle school level:

- Gandhiji → n
- was → v
- born → adj (commonly taught this way at this level)
- as → prep (here meaning “in the role of”)
- Mohandas → n
- Karamchand → n
- Gandhi → n
- on → prep
- 2nd → adj (ordinal number modifying “October”)
- October → n
- 1869 → n (year treated as noun)
- at → prep
- Porbandar → n

Wait — “2nd October 1869” — “2nd” is an adjective describing October? Or is it part of a date? In parts of speech, numbers before nouns are usually adjectives.

So:

✔ Final for #2:
n v adj prep n n n prep adj n n prep n

*(Note: Some might argue “born” is part of verb, but since we must assign one tag per word and “was” is already v, “born” gets adj — this is acceptable at this level.)*

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3. Television is one of the marvels that modern society has gifted to us.

- Television → n
- is → v
- one → n (or pron? Here it means “a single thing” → noun)
- of → prep
- the → art
- marvels → n
- that → pron (relative pronoun introducing clause)
- modern → adj
- society → n
- has → v (auxiliary)
- gifted → v (main verb in perfect tense)
- to → prep
- us → pron

Wait — “has gifted” → both verbs? But again, per word:

“has” = v (auxiliary)
“gifted” = v (past participle, main verb)

Yes.

✔ Final for #3:
n v n prep art n pron adj n v v prep pron

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4. Working all the day, he returned home at night.

- Working → v? Or adj? It’s a gerund/participle. In this case, it’s starting a participial phrase → functions as adjective modifying “he”? Actually, no — “Working all the day” is a dependent clause equivalent. But per word:

“Working” → can be considered a verb form (present participle), but in labeling exercises like this, if it’s not the main verb, sometimes labeled as adj or v. However, since it’s derived from verb and shows action, and no other verb in that phrase, better to call it v? Wait — actually, in traditional school grammar, participles used adjectivally are called adjectives.

Example: “The running water” → “running” = adj.

Here: “Working all the day” → describes “he” → so “Working” = adj.

Then:

- Working → adj
- all → adj (modifying “day”)
- the → art
- day → n
- , → ignore punctuation
- he → pron
- returned → v
- home → adv (tells where — adverb of place) OR n? In “returned home”, “home” is adverb. Yes, commonly labeled as adv here.
- at → prep
- night → n

✔ Final for #4:
adj adj art n pron v adv prep n

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5. He got the loan sanctioned by greasing the palm of the bank officer.

- He → pron
- got → v
- the → art
- loan → n
- sanctioned → adj? Or v? Again, passive construction: “got ... sanctioned” → “sanctioned” is past participle → often labeled as adj in such contexts at school level.
- by → prep
- greasing → v? Gerund → object of preposition → so noun? Wait — “by greasing” → “greasing” is gerund → functions as noun → so n? But some systems label gerunds as v. To avoid confusion, let’s see: in most school worksheets, gerunds after prepositions are labeled as n.

Actually, let’s think: “greasing” is the object of “by” → so it’s a noun → n.

But wait — “greasing” comes from verb, and in some curricula, they keep it as v. Hmm.

To stay consistent with earlier choices, let’s do:

If it’s functioning as a noun → n
If it’s functioning as verb → v

Here, “by greasing” → “greasing” is what he did → it’s the means → so it’s a noun (gerund).

Similarly, “palm” = n, etc.

So:

- He → pron
- got → v
- the → art
- loan → n
- sanctioned → adj (describing loan — the loan that was sanctioned)
- by → prep
- greasing → n (gerund)
- the → art
- palm → n
- of → prep
- the → art
- bank → adj (modifying “officer”)
- officer → n

✔ Final for #5:
pron v art n adj prep n art n prep art adj n

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6. Hurrah! We have won the game.

- Hurrah! → int (interjection)
- We → pron
- have → v (auxiliary)
- won → v (main verb)
- the → art
- game → n

✔ Final for #6:
int pron v v art n

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7. Though he is suffering much pain, yet he does not complain.

- Though → conj (subordinating conjunction)
- he → pron
- is → v
- suffering → v (present participle, part of continuous tense)
- much → adj (modifying “pain”)
- pain → n
- , → ignore
- yet → conj (coordinating conjunction)
- he → pron
- does → v (auxiliary)
- not → adv (negation)
- complain → v

✔ Final for #7:
conj pron v v adj n conj pron v adv v

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8. How often does your maid take leave?

- How → adv (asking about manner/frequency)
- often → adv
- does → v (auxiliary)
- your → adj (possessive adjective)
- maid → n
- take → v
- leave → n (meaning “time off”)
- ? → ignore

✔ Final for #8:
adv adv v adj n v n

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9. I escaped from the hands of kidnappers.

- I → pron
- escaped → v
- from → prep
- the → art
- hands → n
- of → prep
- kidnappers → n

✔ Final for #9:
pron v prep art n prep n

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10. I stayed at Massorie, which is also called the queen of the hills.

- I → pron
- stayed → v
- at → prep
- Massorie → n (proper noun)
- , → ignore
- which → pron (relative pronoun)
- is → v
- also → adv
- called → v (past participle, part of passive)
- the → art
- queen → n
- of → prep
- the → art
- hills → n

✔ Final for #10:
pron v prep n pron v adv v art n prep art n

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11. After getting the ticket, I step on to the train.

- After → prep
- getting → n (gerund, object of preposition)
- the → art
- ticket → n
- , → ignore
- I → pron
- step → v
- on → prep
- to → prep (part of phrasal verb “step on to”)
- the → art
- train → n

Wait — “on to” — sometimes written as “onto” → one word, but here two words. Both are prepositions.

✔ Final for #11:
prep n art n pron v prep prep art n

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12. High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish, must all die.

This is tricky. The first part is a list of adjectives used as nouns (elliptical).

- High → adj (but standing for “high people” → so could be n? In school grammar, often kept as adj even when used nominally)
- and → conj
- low → adj
- , → ignore
- rich → adj
- and → conj
- poor → adj
- , → ignore
- wise → adj
- and → conj
- foolish → adj
- , → ignore
- must → v (modal verb)
- all → pron (indefinite pronoun)
- die → v

Some might argue “High”, “low”, etc. are nouns here, but traditionally in such constructions, they’re still labeled as adjectives.

✔ Final for #12:
adj conj adj conj adj conj adj conj adj v pron v

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13. Dehli being the metropolitan city has a great population.

- Dehli → n (proper noun)
- being → v? Or adj? “being the metropolitan city” is a participial phrase → “being” is present participle → often labeled as v or adj. In school level, if it’s part of a phrase modifying subject, sometimes called adj. But let’s see: “Dehli being...” → similar to “Dehli, which is...” → so “being” = v (present participle)

Actually, in many worksheets, “being” in such cases is labeled as v.

- the → art
- metropolitan → adj
- city → n
- has → v
- a → art
- great → adj
- population → n

✔ Final for #13:
n v art adj n v art adj n

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14. Most of the people try to achieve success by hook or by crook.

- Most → pron (indefinite pronoun)
- of → prep
- the → art
- people → n
- try → v
- to → prep (infinitive marker — sometimes labeled as part of verb, but per word, “to” is prep)
- achieve → v
- success → n
- by → prep
- hook → n
- or → conj
- by → prep
- crook → n

✔ Final for #14:
pron prep art n v prep v n prep n conj prep n

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15. Always enter into agreements in black and white.

- Always → adv
- enter → v
- into → prep
- agreements → n
- in → prep
- black → adj (used as noun? But here it’s part of idiom “black and white” → meaning written document → but per word, “black” and “white” are adjectives)
- and → conj
- white → adj

✔ Final for #15:
adv v prep n prep adj conj adj

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Now, compiling all answers clearly:

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Final Answer:

1. adj n v art n prep art n
2. n v adj prep n n n prep adj n n prep n
3. n v n prep art n pron adj n v v prep pron
4. adj adj art n pron v adv prep n
5. pron v art n adj prep n art n prep art adj n
6. int pron v v art n
7. conj pron v v adj n conj pron v adv v
8. adv adv v adj n v n
9. pron v prep art n prep n
10. pron v prep n pron v adv v art n prep art n
11. prep n art n pron v prep prep art n
12. adj conj adj conj adj conj adj conj adj v pron v
13. n v art adj n v art adj n
14. pron prep art n v prep v n prep n conj prep n
15. adv v prep n prep adj conj adj