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Free 11+ Word Classes (Parts of Speech) worksheet
Word types (parts of speech): nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and determiners, found in real sentences, including words that change class with how they are used.
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Word Classes (Parts of Speech)
Set 357691Which word in this sentence is a conjunction?
Please wash your hands before you eat.
Which word in this sentence is a pronoun?
The owl hooted loudly, but nobody heard it.
Which word in this sentence is a preposition?
Sofia worked hard on her project.
Which word in this sentence is a preposition?
Draw a straight line with your ruler.
Which word in this sentence is a preposition?
Some of the biscuits were broken.
Which word in this sentence is a conjunction?
If it rains, the match will be cancelled.
What it practises
Word types (parts of speech): nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and determiners, found in real sentences, including words that change class with how they are used.
How to solve them
Ask what job the word is doing in this sentence: naming a thing (noun), an action (verb), describing a noun (adjective), describing a verb (adverb), or joining parts of the sentence (conjunction).
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