Choose the Right Part of Speech Directions: Choose the best answer.
1. The BOY is eating. (What part of speech is the word "BOY" in this sentence?)
a. verb b. adjective c. noun d. adverb
2. The girl ate some delicious FRUIT.
a. adjective b. noun c. verb d. adverb
3. Mary WILL TAKE a course in quantam physics this fall.
a. adjective b. noun c. pronoun d. verb
4. The students ARE WRITING a long essay for class.
a. noun b. adverb c. verb d. adjective
5. Everyone THINKS the cafeteria food is terrible.
a. verb b. noun c. pronoun d. adjective
6. The child kicked the BLUE ball yesterday.
a. noun b. adjective c. adverb d. verb
7. I am SAD.
a. pronoun b. verb c. adjective d. noun
8. These birds all FLY together.
a. noun b. verb c. adverb d. adjective
9. The black FLY is swimming in my soup.
a. noun b. verb c. adjective d. pronoun
10. It is dark in here. We need to turn on the LIGHT.
a. verb b. pronoun c. adjective d. noun
11. It is dark in here. We should LIGHT a candle.
a. verb b. pronoun c. adverb d. noun
12. A truck is very heavy. A feather, on the other hand, is very LIGHT.
a. verb b. adjective c. adverb d. noun
13. The ice is very thin. Be careful! You must walk LIGHTLY on the ice!
a. noun b. verb c. adverb d. adjective