Grade 4 · English Language Arts · Unit 7 of 16
Parts of Speech
Pronouns, adverbs and more
What your child practises
Naming the job each word does in a sentence, with a focus on Grade 4's pronouns, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions. Easier levels stick to nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Examine and apply grammar, spelling, and punctuation to develop concise written communication. · nouns, verbs, adjectives and other parts of speech
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
In this sentence, what part of speech is “carefully”?
Ana and Sam carried the box carefully.
- adverb
- pronoun
- verb
- adjective
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adverb
Hint: Ask yourself what job “carefully” does in the sentence. An adverb describes a verb or an adjective. It often tells how, when or where, and many end in -ly.
Question 2
An adverb often tells…
- what kind of thing a noun is
- which two ideas are joined together
- how, when or where something happens
- the name of a person, place or thing
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how, when or where something happens
Hint: Adverbs like quickly, soon and outside describe actions.
Question 3
In this sentence, what part of speech is “quickly”?
The children ran quickly across the field.
- adverb
- pronoun
- verb
- noun
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adverb
Hint: Ask yourself what job “quickly” does in the sentence. An adverb describes a verb or an adjective. It often tells how, when or where, and many end in -ly.
Question 4
In this sentence, what part of speech is “under”?
The cat slept under the warm blanket.
- adverb
- adjective
- pronoun
- preposition
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preposition
Hint: Ask yourself what job “under” does in the sentence. A preposition links a noun to the rest of the sentence, often telling where or when: under, behind, during.
Question 5
Which word in this sentence is a pronoun?
The sky was dark, so we stayed inside.
- so
- dark
- stayed
- we
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we
Hint: A pronoun takes the place of a noun, like I, he, she, it, we, they or them.
Question 6
Which word is an adverb?
- sleepy
- slowly
- snail
- sleep
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slowly
Hint: An adverb describes a verb or an adjective. It often tells how, when or where, and many end in -ly.