Grammar Exercises
Different Kinds of word in English
There are eight kind of word in English. They are called “part of speech “or “word class”. Here are some examples from the paragraph.
Read this paragraph
Two Arab chiefs lived in a certain town. They had beautiful horses to ride on. One was very kind to his horse, but the other was very cruel towards his.
A- Which word classes have been used in the paragraph?
1.Verb: lived, had, ride, was.
2.Noun: chiefs, town, horses,
3.Adjective: beautiful, kind, cruel, certain, two
4.Adverb: very
5.Preposition: in, on, to, towards
6.Determiner: a, the,
7.Pronoun: they, one, other, his
8.Linking word: but
B- Word in Sentences
Keep in mind that some words can belong to different classes depending on how they are used in a sentence .
Verb Nouns
He helped his in trouble. His help, saved her life.
My father works in a hospital. I was at work yesterday.
EXERCISES
What Kind of word? (A)
Read this paragraph and then say which word class each bold word belongs to. Top help you decide. You can look back at the examples in A.
Both happened to fight a battle against a certain king. They were riding their horses. They fought very bravely. But they were seriously wounded and fell down.
To preposition
Battle noun
1. A …………………………..
2. Certain …………………………..
3. Were riding ……………………………
4. They …………………………….
5. But ……………………………
6. Seriously …………………………….
What kind of word? (A)
Read this paragraph and then write the words in the spaces below. Write the first three verbs under “verb; and so on. Don’t write the same word more than once.
The horse of the cruel master kicked him many times, and he died. But the horse of the kind master sat down beside him, on this ground, to help him ride on its back to nearest hospital.
Verb Noun Adjective Adverb
Kicked Master Cruel …...........
.......... .......... ........ ..........
.......... .......... ........ ..........
Preposition Determiner Pronoun Linking word
............ ............ ............ .............
............ ............ ............ .............
............ ............ ............ .............
Words in sentences (B)
Is the Bold word a verb, a noun or an adjective?
He always goes for a walk. Noun
We always walk into the town. Verb
1. Mark wanted to talk to Daniel ………………………………
2. Mark wanted a talk with Daniel …………………………………
3. The car is not very clean. …………………………………
4. Doesn’t anyone clean the car ………………………………
5. They went to a fabulous show in New York. …… …………………………..
6. Mark wanted to show Daniel his photos. ….…………………………….
7. Laura though Henry looked beautiful. ………………………………..
8. A strange thought came into Rita’s head. ……………………………….
9. He said, “I am quite tired now.” …………………………………
10. Studying all night had tired Andrew out …………………………………
