Parts of Speech

Save Our Planet

1. Identify the underlined words.

It was too dangerous to leave the house.

A.) Infinitive

B.) Gerund

C.) Verb

D.) Adverb

2. Identify the underlined word.

The people left their homes

before the eruption.

A.) Proper Noun

B.) Possessive Pronoun

C.) Noun

D.) Pronoun

3. Identify the underlined words.

. You should avoid using plastic bags.

D.) Gerund

B.) Verb

C.) Adverb

A.) Participle

4. Identify the underlined words.

Electric lights cause light pollution.

D.) Gerund

B.) Verb

C.) Adverb

A.) Participle

5. Identify the underlined words.

All cars should be banned

from the city center.

D.) Gerund

B.) Object of preposition

C.) Preposition

A.) Adverb

6. Identify the underlined words.

The fire spread faster than

we had predicted.

D.) Preposition

B.) Participle

C.) Adverb

A.) Adjective

7. Identify the underlined words.

More heat is absorbed and

reflected on the Earth’s surface, leading to global warming.

D.) Gerund

B.) Participle

C.) Adverb

A.) Verb

8. Identify the underlined words.

The emergency services did such a

great job during the flood.

D.) Gerund

B.) Participle

C.) Verb

A.) Adverb

6. Identify the underlined words.

I’d been thinking hard about

whether or not to fit solar panels

to the roof.

D.) Preposition

B.) Participle

C.) Adverb

A.) Adjective

9. Identify the underlined words.

A tsunami is a worse natural

disaster than a flood.

D.) Preposition

B.) Participle

C.) Adjective

A.) Adverb

АвторыН.Е.Петрова

Т.М.Гаджимурадова

ГБОУ№683

Санкт-Петербург