Lesson 1: Parts Of Speech
Review of Parts of Speech - Exercises
The following exercises cover the first lesson titled "Parts of Speech."
Part One - Nouns and Pronouns
Directions: Identify the nouns and pronouns in the following sentences.
1. Jenny liked her new classes in college.
2. Tim was happy about being accepted as a contributing editor.
3. Jim plays on his skateboard every day after school.
4. I like to write in my journal every day before I go to bed.
5. Christy and Megan read in their favorite mystery books.
6. Penny came home and saw her apartment door slightly ajar. She wondered who had been in her apartment and why.
7. Christy enjoys working on her new computer. She likes to check her e-mail throughout the day.
8. Megan likes to check out the writer's wanted ads on the internet.
9. Penny is an amateur detective and stores her personal information in her computer. She has a password so that nobody can retrieve her information.
10. Penny was frightened about someone breaking into her apartment, so she escaped to a deserted island.
Part Two - Verbs, Adverbs, and Adjectives
Directions: The following sentences have some errors. See if you can locate all of the errors. 1. Tom likes to play the guitar, but he don't knew how to play bar chords.
2. Tom and Mary like going for walks, but they like watching movies funny better.
3. He doesn't enjoy coloring with markers, but he do like colored pencils.
4. The football game isn't going the way the coach wanted it to go.
5. The graduating class goes to the party after they graduated that night. They stayed up most of the night.
6. Abby and Sadey plays after supper until they went to bed.
7. The dark clouds form above and it started to thunder.
8. After the rain, Megan sees a rainbow in the clouds.
9. Abby brings in coffee for them and set it on the table.
10. The thunder was so loud that it feels like a sonic bomb.
