Parts of Speech Worksheet for Class 7 MH Board
Say what part of speech the underlined word is.
1. That was a frightening experience.
2. How will they solve the problem?
3. Oops! I dropped the glass.
4. We are waiting for them to arrive.
5. It does not have to be so difficult.
6. The girl is playing with her doll.
7. It takes the same amount of time whether you go by car or train.
8. If I knew his address I would write to him.
9. Ouch! It hurts.
10. Thank you so much for the hearty meal.
11. The birds are flying in the sky.
12. The river overflows its banks during the rainy season.
13. Kerala has mild winters and hot summers.
14. I can’t recollect exactly what happened on that day.
15. If you can wait for an hour, I will make you something to eat.
16. Nursing that sick dog back to health was one of the most rewarding experiences in my life.
17. He eats whatever he has on his plate.
18. This pond abounds in fish.
19. He was a mischievous child who will always get into trouble.
20. You cannot expect young children to behave themselves.
Answers
1. frightening – adjective (It modifies the noun experience.)
2. solve – verb
3. oops – interjection
4. for – preposition
5. so – adverb (It modifies the adjective difficult.)
6. with – preposition
7. whether – conjunction
8. if – conjunction
9. ouch – interjection
10. much – adverb
11. sky – noun
12. rainy – adjective (It modifies the noun season.)
13. Kerala – noun
14. exactly – adverb (It modifies the verb recollect.)
15. something – pronoun
16. sick – adjective
17. eats – verb
18. abounds – verb
19. trouble – noun
20. themselves – pronoun
Parts of Speech
In grammar, words are divided into 8 classes called parts of speech. They are:
Nouns
Nouns are the names of people, animals, things, places, ideas, quality, material etc. It is easy to recognize nouns. Proper nouns will always begin with a capital letter. Common nouns tend to have plural forms. Examples are: bird, sister, Sanju, India, poet, river, Himalayas
Pronouns
Pronouns are words used to refer to nouns. We use pronouns to avoid the repetition of nouns. Examples are: he, she, they, it, you, we, I, somebody, anybody, them, ourselves etc.
Verbs
Verbs are action words. They tell us what the subject does, is or has. Examples are: is, has, does, will, break, come, put, remember.
Adjectives
Adjectives are words used to describe nouns. They come at the beginning of nouns or noun phrases. An adjective can exist in three forms – positive, comparative and superlative. Examples are: bold, timid, courageous, pretty, interesting, kind, jealous, first, blue etc.
Adverbs
Adverbs are words used to give more information about verbs. They tell us about the time, place, manner or frequency of the action. Most words ending in –ly are adverbs. Examples are: soon, today, ago, kindly, softly, sometimes, evening etc.
Prepositions
Prepositions are words like in, on, at, above, before, by, with over, across, from, to etc.
Conjunctions
Conjunctions are connecting words. They connect two words, phrases or clauses together. Examples are: if, and, but, or, though, after, before, when, unless etc.
Interjections
Interjections are words that express a sudden emotion, feeling etc. Examples are: wow, oops, alas, yippee, hurrah etc.
