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ID Parts of Speech Test

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Identify the subordinating conjunction in the sentence: Principal Jones told me that I would have to serve detention for an hour after school because I skipped school yesterday.
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Identify the collective noun in the sentence: All the girls on the team developed a rash from the athletic tape used to treat their injuries.
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Identify the possessive pronoun in the sentence: After you collect the eggs, be sure to feed the horses their hay.
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Identify the adverb in the sentence: The Russian ballerina twirled gracefully around the ballroom.
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Identify the personal pronoun in the sentence: The red wool scarf that she wore was tattered and torn due to the harsh conditions.
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Identify the proper noun in the sentence: Of all the Italian paintings that I have seen in museums, the Mona Lisa is my favorite.
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Identify the helping (auxiliary) verb in the sentence: Before the sun rises this morning, Andrea will run five miles to prepare for cross country season.
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Identify the interjection in the sentence: Ouch--that fire is fiercely hot!
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Identify the definite article in the sentence: Our cat, Oscar, stared up at the tree, where a nest full of chirping robins awaited the return of their mother.
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Identify the coordinating conjunction in the sentence: Carl needs to water the lawn, but first he will mow it.
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Identify the relative pronoun in the sentence: The babysitter who looked after our children last Saturday was energetic.
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Identify the preposition in the sentence: Three calico kittens huddled under the front steps and meowed loudly.
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under (This word provides location and a relationship. It creates an adverb prepositional phrase.)
B.
gracefully (This word modifies the verb.)
C.
ouch
D.
she
E.
team
F.
because (This word joins the subordinate clause to the independent clause.)
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but (This word joins the two independent clauses in the sentence.)
H.
their (The word shows ownership.)
I.
will (This word "helps" the action verb.)
J.
who
K.
Mona Lisa (This is the name of a certain item.)
L.
the
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Identify the correlative conjunction in the sentence: Both cats and dogs make great pets for children.
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Identify the action verb in the sentence: When Jacob is in high school, he will play the trumpet in the band.
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Identify the linking verb in the sentence: Because of the brick facade on our school, the building resembles a fortress from the Middle Ages.
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Identify the proper adjective in the sentence: The three black crows perched on the roof above the door of Shopko and kept the American shoppers away.
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Identify the indefinite pronoun in the sentence: Everyone in the audience stood and sang when the band played the school song.
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Identify the conjunctive adverb in the sentence: Lately, Paul's garden seems to be a buffet for the neighborhood rabbits; therefore, he intends to put up a wire fence this afternoon.

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