Exam Practice: Parts of Speech

Identify the part of speech of each bold-faced word. Write P for pronoun, N for noun, Adj. for adjective, Adv. for adverb, V for verb, Prep for preposition, C for conjunction, and I for interjection.

  1. _____ The United States has hundreds of important historical sites, many of which have been designated national monuments.
  1. _____ Our national monuments include both natural wonders and structures built by people.
  1. _____ Millions of tourists visit these monuments each year.
  1. _____ Some of the monuments, such as the Statue of Liberty, are located in urban areas.
  1. _____ Others, including Yellowstone, the first national park are located far from big cities.
  1. _____ One of the most popular national monuments is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
  1. _____ On the wall are the names of more than fifty-eight thousand Americans who died in the Vietnam War from 1960 to 1975.
  1. _____ The nation’s capital is also the site of memorials to many outstanding Americans.
  1. _____ High points of a visit to Washington, D.C., are the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial.
  1. _____ Massive images of these three presidents, along with one of Theodore Roosevelt, are included in the Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota.
  1. _____ Not all of our National Monuments honor famous people.
  1. _____ If you visited southwestern Colorado, you would find there Mesa Verde National Park.
  1. _____ Mesa Verde is a collection of Native American cliff dwellings.
  1. _____ Here is an ancient apartment building with 217 rooms—all under one roof!
  1. _____ The country’s highest mountain, Mount McKinley, is in Denali National Park in Alaska.
  1. _____ Surprisingly, the lowest point in the United States is also a national monument.
  1. _____ In fact California’s Death Valley is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere.
  1. _____ Other national monuments honor groups of Americans, among them the Women’s Rights national Historic park and the Civil Rights Memorial.
  1. _____ Seneca Falls, new York is the site of the first large meeting held in 1848 to plan a campaign to bring equal rights to women.
  1. _____ The Civil Rights memorial was built in Montgomery, Alabama, where Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott of the city bus system to protest racial discrimination.

Answers:

  1. adj.
  2. c
  3. v
  4. prep.
  5. P
  6. adv.
  7. n
  8. v
  9. prep.
  10. n
  11. v
  12. adv.
  13. n
  14. p
  15. adj.
  16. adv.
  17. n
  18. prep.
  19. adj.
  20. adj.

More Review

In the blank, write n if the bold-faced word is used as a noun, a p if it’s used as a pronoun, a v if it’s used as a verb, adj. if it’s used as an adjective, adv. if it’s used as an adverb, c if it’s used as a conjunction, prep if it’s used as a preposition, and I if it’s used as an interjection.

  1. _____ He cut six slices of bread and put them on the plate.
  1. _____ Her letter came back stamped “Return to sender.”
  1. _____ In all fairness, I haven’t heard his side of the story yet.
  1. _____ The freight train pulled off onto a side track to let the passenger train pass.
  1. _____ The hero rode off into the sunset, and the townspeople haven’t seen him since.
  1. _____ Since you’re so sure you’re right, why don’t you raise your hand?
  1. _____ You probably drove past the school building on your way here.
  1. _____ A person who can’t dance very well is sometimes said to have two left feet.
  1. _____ The problem is they turned right when they should have turned left.
  1. _____ Whenever she insists on going up the down staircase, it causes a massive traffic jam.
  1. _____ Why, you’re not the news anchor for Channel 10 news!
  1. _____ I do not want that rusty old bicycle.
  1. _____ It was fascinating to watch the border collies corner the runaway sheep.
  1. _____ If you ask me, the best thing about winter is that it’s always followed by spring.
  1. _____ Before you go, be sure to turn off all the lights and close the door.
  1. _____ I told her I would call her before next Monday.
  1. _____ The fans cheered wildly when the American women won the shot put at the track meet.
  1. _____ The sales clerk at the department store said I could choose either blouse.
  1. _____ Richard said he didn’t really care for either.
  1. _____ Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
  1. _____ If you don’t clean your car’s carburetor, the engine won’t run smoothly.
  1. _____ When I found out about the concert, I was really upset.

Answers:

  1. v
  2. adv.
  3. n.
  4. adj.
  5. adv.
  6. c
  7. prep.
  8. Adj.
  9. Adv.
  10. Prep.
  11. I
  12. adv.
  13. v
  14. n
  15. c
  16. prep.
  17. n
  18. adj.
  19. p
  20. i
  21. v
  22. c