Parts of speech exercise Words in English belong to different parts of speech. In each of the following sentences, there is a bolded word. Can you identify what part of speech it is? 1. I want to go now. a) Adjective b) Adverb c) Preposition d) Conjunction 2. What are you doing there ? a) Preposition b) Adjective c) Adverb d) Verb 3. He left ten minutes ago. a) Noun b) Adjective c) Conjunction d) Adverb 4. There is a mistake in line 9. a) Adverb b) Conjunction c) Preposition d) Noun 5. Masons build houses. a) Verb b) Adverb c) Adjective d) Preposition 6. Though she was unwell, she went to work. a) Conjunction b) Preposition c) Adverb d) Adjective 7. I have been reading since morning . a) Adjective b) Noun c) Verb d) Adverb 8. He died two years ago . a) Verb b) Adverb c) Adjective d) Preposition 9. As she was late, we went without her. a) Preposition b) Conjunction c) Adverb d) Verb 10. The Nile is the longest river in the world. a) Pronoun b) Proper noun c) Preposition d) Adjective 11. What happened to you ? a) Noun b) Pronoun c) Conjunction d) Preposition 12. My family live in different parts of India. a) Adjective b) Verb c) Preposition d) Conjunction Answers 1. Adverb 2. Adverb 3. Adjective 4. Preposition 5. Verb 6. Conjunction 7. Noun 8. Adverb 9. Conjunction 10. Proper noun 11. Pronoun 12. Adjective (It modifies the noun parts.) Be first to know when grammar rules change! Sign up to our newsletter here: englishgrammar.org (It's free) Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) . Parts of speech exercise Words in English belong to different parts of speech. In each of the following sentences, there is a bolded word. Can you identify what part of speech it is? 1 to you ? a) Noun b) Pronoun c) Conjunction d) Preposition 12. My family live in different parts of India. a) Adjective b) Verb c) Preposition d) Conjunction Answers 1. Adverb 2. Adverb 3. Adjective 4 Conjunction 7. Noun 8. Adverb 9. Conjunction 10. Proper noun 11. Pronoun 12. Adjective (It modifies the noun parts. ) Be first to know when grammar rules change! Sign up to our newsletter here: englishgrammar.org