PARTS OF SPEECH EXERCISES

EXERCISE 1
Each item lists two nouns and one adjective. Write them in the correct order. Number
1 is the example.
1. Homework The teacher gave us a _____long homework assignment.____
Long
Assignment

2. Program I watched a _________________________________________

Good
Television

3. Road We drove on a ______________________________________

Mountain
Dangerous

4. Automobile Janet was in a _______________________________________

Bad
Accident

5. Article I read an ___________________________________________

Magazine
Interesting

6. Delicious Mrs. Green made some _______________________________

Vegetable
Soup

7. Card My sister gave me a __________________________________

Funny
Birthday

8. Narrow People don’t like to sit in ______________________________

Seats
Airplane
Exercise 2
Directions : Many, but not all, of the sentences contain mistakes in the word order of
modifiers. Correct the mistakes. Make changes in the use of a and an as necessary.
Number 1 and 2 are the examples.

1. Ms. Lane has a wood old desk in her office.

an old wood
2. She put the flowers in a blue glass vase. (no change)

3. The Great Wall is a Chinese landmark famous.

4. Ken is a man young honest.

5. I read a newspaper article interesting this morning.

6. Spiro gave me a wonderful small black Greek box as a birthday present.

7. Alice reached down and put her hand in the mountain cold stream.

8. Pizza is my favorite food Italian.

9. There was a beautiful flower arrangement on the kitchen table.

10.Jack usually wears brown old comfortable shoes leather.

11.Gnats are black tiny insects.

12.I used a box brown cardboard to mail a gift to my sister.

13.Tony has a noisy electric fan in his bedroom window.

14.James is a middle-aged handsome man with brown short hair.

15.When Jane was on her last business trip, she had a cheap rental car, but she
stayed in a room expensive hotel.
Exercise 3 (work in pairs)
Directions : Word Forms. Choose the correct word form to fit into each sentences. Use
appropriate verb tenses, singular or plural forms for nouns, and passive voice where
necessary.

1. Favor, to favor, favorite, favorable, favorably

a. Did you make a _______impression at the job interview?
b. I think they reacted _______to me.
c. Could you do me a _______? Please read my composition.
d. Mr. Aziz always _______blue suits.
e. Blue is his _______color.

2. Activity, to activate, active, actively

a. When you push that button, you will _______the motor.
b. My favorite _______is sleeping.
c. John leads an _______life. He is always busy.
d. He works ________all day.

3. Center, to centralize, center, centrally

a. What is the ________idea in his speech?
b. The doctor’s office is in the ________of town.
c. It’s easy to get to because it is ________located.
d. Last year, that company ________all of its records into one location.

4. Simplicity, to simplify, simple, simply

a. Please write the instructions in ________language.
b. Say it ________so everyone will understand you.
c. His instructions were too difficult to understand, so he had to ________them.
d. Einstein was able to describe his brilliant ideas with great ________.

5. Help, helper, to help, helpful, helpless, helpfully, helplessly.

a. Can you _______me carry this chair?
b. I need a _______to carry it.
c. You have been very _______. Thank you.
d. The child felt _______when he got lost.
e. The old woman needed _______to cross the busy street.
f. The two boys acted _______by stopping the cars for the old woman.
g. The family looked on _______as their house burned down.