1.5.6: Parts of Speech Exercises
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Exercise 14: Identify the Subjects, Verbs, and Objects in the following sentences, please.
1. The man gave a shotgun to his boy yesterday.
2. The dog ran down the street, and suddenly it bit the mailman.
3. The woman took her son to the zoo last week.
4. My wife cooked dinner for us last night.
5. The policeman stopped the motorist for speeding this morning.
6. I drive my car to school every morning.
7. The man ate his cheeseburger quickly.
8. I teach my students to speak English every day.
9. The mother had cooked the chicken, and she fed her family before she left.
10. The children were singing a song for their parents.
11. The boy punched his brother in the nose.
12. I dropped my book on the floor.
13. The mother lost her sons at the train station.
14. The boys drank a Coke before they went to bed.
15. The man kissed his children goodnight.
16. I have studied many languages in my life.
17. The child burned his hand on the stove.
18. The girl slapped the boy.
19. The lifeguard saved the little girl at the beach.
20. The truck hit the boy in the crosswalk.
21. The boy should eat lunch before he leaves his house for school.
22. The student forgot his books at home.
Exercise 15: Identify the subjects, verbs, objects, and prepositional phrases in the following sentences, please.
1. Edward went into the woods with the man from the police department.
2. The woman found three broken plants on the table in the kitchen.
3. The teacher gave the homework assignment to the students last night.
4. Three days ago, my friend spoke to his brother about their father.
5. She cooked the best food at the party.
6. The fourth boy in the first row hit the girl on her arm.
7. The most intelligent girl in the class finished the exam in thirty minutes.
8. The doctor gave an injection to the sick patient.
9. The clever thief stole the jewelry from the jewelry store.
10. I had to cut the grass in my back yard two days ago.
11. The tired old man failed the driving test at the licensing office yesterday.
12. The camel spit into the eye of its owner.
13. Last night I put some gas in my car before I got home from work.
14. I washed my shirts on Saturday morning.
15. We swept the floors on Saturday.
16. My son broke the rear-view mirror on my car last week.
17. I smelled smoke in the kitchen last night.
18. These sentences help students to understand English grammar.
19. Salmon swim against the current in rivers on their way to their place of birth.
Exercise 16: Identify the subject, the verb, and the object (if there is one) in each of the following sentences; then, do as directed after each sentence, please.
1. I went to the office with my friend for my books.
List the Nouns List the Prepositional Phrases
2. My brother ate a hamburger and French fries for lunch.
List the Nouns List the Prepositional Phrases
3. The beautiful girl took her red bag from her old mother and put it on the wooden table.
List the Nouns List the Verbs List the Possessive Adjectives List the Prepositions
4. She gave it to her uncle and he carried it upstairs for her to her bedroom.
List the Verbs List the Prepositional Phrases List the Pronouns
5. We have studied English in this class for three days this quarter.
List the Prepositional Phrases List the Nouns
6. The boy drank a glass of milk and ate a sandwich and an apple for lunch at school.
List the Articles List the Prepositional Phrases List the Verbs List the Nouns
Exercise 17: Underline the prepositional phrases in the following sentences, please.
1. The brother of the girl with the red hair is my friend from my hometown.
2. Sometimes I feel lonely in my house when it is quiet and no one is at home.
3. You should have done your homework at school before midnight.
4. Edward went into the burning house with the man from the fire department.
5. The woman found three broken plants on the table in the kitchen.
6. The teacher gave the homework assignment to the students last night.
7. Three days ago, my friend told his brother a lie about their father.
8. She is the oldest and smartest girl in her family.
9. Working in the kitchen is often very hard work for cooks and dishwashers.
10. The most intelligent girl in the class finished the exam in thirty minutes.
11. The doctor was in the operating room all night long with his patient.
12. The clever thief robbed the bank by himself.
13. Throughout the evening, it rained hard, and everything was wet for four days.
14. I still loved the people despite their bad behavior in front of our guests at the party in our back yard on Saturday.
15. The man in the car found some money under the seat and on the floor.
16. In spite of his serious illness, he went to the concert at the club with his friends.
17. The mother spoke to her daughter’s friends in the kitchen of their house.
18. The little boy in the black pants with the white stripe up the side lives on the next street.
19. The girls gave a birthday present to their father last night.