Writer's Choice Grade 12

Unit 10: Parts of Speech

Choose One

Directions: For each sentence, identify the part of speech of the underlined word, choosing from two possible answers.

1.
My happiness is my business.
A)concrete noun
B)abstract noun
2.
Suzanne herself cooked this fabulous dinner.
A)reflexive pronoun
B)intensive pronoun
3.
I am having a cookie.
A)auxiliary verb
B)linking verb
4.
Greg ate the apple.
A)adjective
B)adverb
5.
Shakespeare is the most famous Elizabethan playwright.
A)proper noun
B)proper adjective
6.
On top of beating me at chess, Rafael won our backgammon game.
A)preposition
B)conjunction
7.
Either Milo or Nikki will baby-sit for Carmen.
A)coordinating conjunction
B)correlative conjunction
8.
Unless you tell me otherwise, I'll come over after school.
A)interjection
B)conjunction
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