Parts of Speech - Gap Fill Exercise

 Read the words that your teacher writes on the board. Which words are nouns,
adjectives, etc.? Write the words in the correct boxes below.

Some examples of NOUNS

 alligator  egg  insect 
 boy  farm  kitchen 
 box  fire  
 car  game  
 dog  house  

Some examples of ADJECTIVES

 angry  dangerous  happy 
 bad  expensive  interesting 
 beautiful  friendly  
 big  good  
 cold  great  

Some examples of VERBS

 ask  drink  kill 
 bring  eat  move 
 buy  find  
 cry  go  
 do  hold  

Some examples of ADVERBS

 angrily  excitedly  loudly 
 badly  fast  patiently 
 bad  happily  
 bravely  kindly  
 carefully  lazily  

Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. © [Link]

Parts of Speech - Gap Fill Exercise

Some examples of PREPOSITONS

 above  before  during 
 across  below  for 
 after  between  
 at  by  
 against  down  

Some examples of CONJUNCTIONS

 although  but  or 
 and  even if  since 
 as soon as  for  
 because  just as  
 before  nor  

Some examples of INTERJECTIONS

 aah expression of fear “Aah! There’s a big spider
on my back!”
 oops expression of a mistake “Oops! I dropped the eggs.”
 ouch expression of pain “Ouch! That hurts!”
 uh-oh expression of dismay “Uh-oh. We’re late.”
 uh-huh expression of agreement “Uh-huh, that’s right.”
 wow expression of surprise “Wow! That’s a big dog!”

Some examples of PRONOUNS

 any  few  many 
 anyone  he  most 
 both  his  
 each  her  
 everything  it  

Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. © [Link]