Parts of speech practice exercise - Free Printable

Task: Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in each sentence.

#### Explanation of Parts of Speech:
1. Noun: A person, place, thing, or idea.
2. Adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun (e.g., size, color, shape).
3. Verb: Action or state of being.
4. Adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb (often answers "how," "when," or "where").
5. Preposition: Shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence (e.g., location, time, direction).
6. Pronoun: Replaces a noun (e.g., I, you, he, she, it).

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Solutions:

1. The happy bikers stopped for lunch and a rest.
- Underlined word: stopped
- Part of Speech: Verb (describes an action)
- Answer: c. Verb

2. He brought it today for show and tell.
- Underlined word: show
- Part of Speech: Noun (refers to an event or activity)
- Answer: a. Noun

3. Alan eats a lot of food, but he eats very slowly.
- Underlined word: slowly
- Part of Speech: Adverb (describes how Alan eats)
- Answer: d. Adverb

4. The moon shines brightly tonight in the dark sky.
- Underlined word: sky
- Part of Speech: Noun (refers to a place)
- Answer: a. Noun

5. The little girls like to watch the animals in the forest.
- Underlined word: animals
- Part of Speech: Noun (refers to living things)
- Answer: a. Noun

6. They teach third grade at Happyville Elementary School.
- Underlined word: teach
- Part of Speech: Verb (describes an action)
- Answer: c. Verb

7. The old, tired musician sang loudly at the concert tonight.
- Underlined word: at
- Part of Speech: Preposition (shows location)
- Answer: e. Preposition

8. The four teenagers mowed the front yard and the back yard for just $2.
- Underlined word: for
- Part of Speech: Preposition (indicates purpose or cost)
- Answer: e. Preposition

9. The little boy reads a big book very slowly to his teacher.
- Underlined word: big
- Part of Speech: Adjective (describes the book)
- Answer: b. Adjective

10. I walked around the large park extremely slowly.
- Underlined word: I
- Part of Speech: Pronoun (replaces a noun)
- Answer: f. Pronoun

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Final Answers:

1. c. Verb
2. a. Noun
3. d. Adverb
4. a. Noun
5. a. Noun
6. c. Verb
7. e. Preposition
8. e. Preposition
9. b. Adjective
10. f. Pronoun

Boxed Final Answer:
\[
\boxed{
\begin{array}{ll}
1. & \text{c. Verb} \\
2. & \text{a. Noun} \\
3. & \text{d. Adverb} \\
4. & \text{a. Noun} \\
5. & \text{a. Noun} \\
6. & \text{c. Verb} \\
7. & \text{e. Preposition} \\
8. & \text{e. Preposition} \\
9. & \text{b. Adjective} \\
10. & \text{f. Pronoun} \\
\end{array}
}
\]