PARTS OF SPEECH REVISION EXERCISE BY BUSUNGU JOSEPH

 

REVISION EXERCISE

1.    Give the adverbs of the following adjectives – domestic, reversible, crazy, radical, wide, soft, simple.

2.    Fill in the blanks with the best adverb from the brackets.

(carefully, suddenly, loudly, quickly, softly)

                              i.            She talks so ___________, you can hear her from miles away!

                           ii.            Let’s walk __________, I don’t want to be late.

                        iii.            Talk __________, the baby is sleeping!

                         iv.            He walked _________ on the icy pavement because he did not want to slip and fall.

                            v.            It started raining _________, we were all soaked in minutes.

3.    There are various ways of talking about ownership and showing possessions. For each of the following ways construct one sentence to show possession or ownership.

                  i.            Using the apostrophe (’)

               ii.            Using possessive pronouns

            iii.            Using possessive adjectives

             iv.            Using the preposition “of”.

                v.            Using the primary auxiliary “have” with a third person pronoun “She” as a subject.

             vi.            Using the word “Possess” in simple past.

          vii.            Using the word “own” in form of a noun.

       viii.            Using the words “belong to” in its simple present form.

             ix.            Using the possessive pronoun “mine” as a subject.

4.    The auxiliary verb “HAVE” has various uses. With the help of well-constructed sentences show the following uses: -

                  i.      To show possession.

               ii.      To form perfect aspect of tenses.

            iii.      Have + to infinitive express command or obligation.

             iv.      To form tag question.

5.    Fill in the spaces below with every or each

                  i.         We believe …………. word he says.

               ii.         She gave the cake to …....

            iii.         They enjoyed … minute of the party.

             iv.         They … want to do something different.

                v.         … of us must say the truth.

6.    Choose the correct preposition and fill it in the spaces: (with, of, at, by, on, under, over, into, in, across, to)

                     i.   The children in Sudan die …………………… hunger.

                  ii.   Joyce is married ……………………………. John.

               iii.   The plane flew …………………………. Our house.

                iv.   The diver jumped …...the river.

                   v.   The car knocked the dog when it walked………… the road.

7.    The definite article “the” has many uses. Construct one sentence to show the uses of the definite article as state by each of the following expressions.

i.         Used before the double comparatives

ii.      Used before superlatives

iii.   Used before nationalities and communities

iv.    Used before adjectives used as a noun

v.       Used before the title of newspapers

8.    Indefinite pronouns function as pronouns but do not refer to a definite number of things or people, although may refer to someone or some identifiable object. Use the knowledge you have to supply the missing indefinite pronoun in each of the following sentences.

i.         The child told______________ what he had seen, even when promised ice cream.

ii.      ____________ was able to work out the puzzle.

iii.   The party is open to_____________ who wants to come.

iv.    I don’t know_______________ about the destructions caused by Panya Road

9.    Complete the following sentences using words given in the box    

Any, a lot of, many, enough, much

a)    How ______money do you want?

b)   There are too ________ mistakes in this composition

c)    There is ________water in an ocean

d)   You can choose ________ of the books you like

e)    It is not ______ for all of us to share

10.    Show the function of the underlined pronouns in the following sentences;

                        i.   He behaves like a child

                     ii.   I saw him last year

                  iii.   She is the wife of mine

11. Change the following sentences according to the instruction given.

                           i.   I am your enemy (change to 3^rd person singular)

                        ii.   They are my friends (change to 1^st person plural)

                     iii.   She is his girlfriend (change to 3^rd person plural)

                      iv.   We are students (change to 2^nd person plural)

                         v.   Students are singing (change to 1^st person singular)

12. Primary auxiliary “BE” has various uses. Construct a sentence to show how it can be used;

                                       i.   As a linking verb

                                    ii.   To make progressive aspect of a tense

a)          Present

b)         Past

c)          Future

                                 iii.   To express command

                                  iv.   To form passive voice

                                     v.   To make questions/tag questions

                                  vi.   To avoid repetitions

                               vii.   To make negation.

13. Construct a sentence to illustrate;

                        i.Be + to infinitive

                     ii.Be + going to

                  iii.Be + present participle (-ing) to express future plan

                   iv.Be + perfect infinitive to express unfulfilled arrangements

14. Construct a sentence to show how auxiliary verb “DO” can be used;

                        i.      As a main verb

                     ii.      To make questions

                  iii.      To form tag questions for statements without auxiliary verbs

                   iv.      To form negation

                      v.      To avoid repetition

                   vi.      To emphasize a statement

                vii.      To request or invite politely

15. Construct a sentence to express;

                  i.How action is done

               ii.When an action was done

            iii.How often the action was done

             iv.How much the action was done

                v.The definiteness of the action done

16. Construct a sentence to show how the following words can be used as adverb and adjective.

                        i.   Loud

                     ii.   Fast

                  iii.   Better

                   iv.   Early

                      v.   Hard

17. Complete the following table.

ADJECTIVES	ADVERBS
i.            Foolish                ii.            Happy             iii.            __________              iv.            Comic                 v.            __________              vi.            Country           vii.            Business        viii.            Close	___________ ___________ Considerably ___________ Clockwise ___________ ___________ ___________

18. What are the functions fulfilled by the following underlined modal auxiliary verbs?

Choose the answers from the box below

Past habit, necessity, command, obligation, possibility, challenge, permission, ability, willingness, promise, request,

            i.       He may be in the room ____________________________

         ii.       I dare you insult the T.O.D _________________________

      iii.       Parents ought to take care of their children ____________

       iv.       You need to wake up early _________________________

          v.       I used to visit my friend ____________________________

       vi.       He can cultivate different crops ______________________

    vii.       You must be punished _____________________________

 viii.       You can go now __________________________________

       ix.       I will buy you a phone __________________________

          x.       I will accompany you to the party ___________________

19.    Possessive case can be expressed in various ways. Construct one sentence on each of the following words to show ownership.

            i.         Adjective

           ii.        Verb

         iii.      Pronoun

          iv.      Preposition

           v.        Noun

20. Show the functions of the underlined modal auxiliary verbs.

                     i.      I can drive a car___________________________

                    ii.     Will you visit us tomorrow? ______________________

                  iii.   You may go to sleep________________________

                   iv.   We must respect our teacher______________________

                    v.     I used to bath once a week________________________

 

Past habit, necessity, permission, request, obligation/duty, ability, possibility

21. Re – write the adjectives in brackets into their correct form.

(i) He received __________________ (little) money than you.

(ii) This music is __________________(interesting) of all

(iii) John is a _____________________________ (good) boy.

(iv) The lorry is ______________________ (long) the van.

(v) Mussa has married ___________________ (pretty) girl in the village.

22. Article “the” has many uses. Compose one sentence in the following uses.

(i) In double comparatives.

(ii) With unique things in nature.

(iii) With superlative adjectives.

(iv) With directions.

 (v) In a noun mentioned for the second time.

23. Parts of speech is the way words can be grouped according to the work they do in a sentence. Analyze the following sentence by writing word classes that the underlined words belong. Question number 1 is used as an example

a.    They are eating outside.

  N       V         Adv

b.    Cats sleep on the table.

c.    Waoh! You have made it.

d.   This is a lovely dog.

e.    We need freedom of speech.

f.      You and Aisha are my friends.

24. Prepositions are words that are used to show relation between nouns or pronouns and other words in a sentence. Compose one sentence using the given preposition as directed.

(i) Use “at” as a preposition of time.

(ii) Use “on” to express means of transport.

(iii) Use “into” to express movement of an object or a person.

(iv) Use “since” as a preposition of time.

(v) Use “with” as a preposition of instrument/device.

         (vi) Use “of” to indicate cause or reason.

25. Adjectives can be formed from verbs, nouns and from other adjectives by adding adjectival suffixes. Form adjectives from the following words and construct a sentence for each word.

                              i.            Include

                           ii.            Audio

                        iii.            Trouble

                         iv.            Philosophy

                            v.            Gold

26. Use the following words as different parts of speech

                                 i.         Help (as a noun and verb)

                                ii.        Book (as a verb and noun)

                              iii.      Practical (as a verb and noun)

                               iv.      Fundamental (as an adjective)

                                v.        Line (as a verb and noun)

                               vi.      Next (as an adverb and adjective)

                             vii.     Home (as noun and adverb)

                            viii.   Better (as adjective and verb)

                              ix.       Further (as a verb and adjective)

                                x.        Table (as a verb and adjective)