Parts of speech exercise What part of speech is each of the words in italics? Muslims fast in the month of Ramzan He is the right man in the right place There is not much truth in what he says His theories are hard to understand A little learning is a dangerous thing Still waters run deep What annoys me most is his obstinacy As he was ambitious, I felt that I shouldn’t trust him He is like his father 10 Do not talk like that 11 The next moment he was dead 12 He has been ill since yesterday 13 They are all waiting for you 14 It has been raining since yesterday 15 Age brings wisdom Answers Fast: verb Right: adjective (modifies the noun place) Truth: abstract noun Hard: adjective (complement of the noun theories) Dangerous: adjective (modifies the noun thing) Waters: noun Annoys: verb Trust: verb Like: preposition 10 That: demonstrative pronoun 11 Next: adjective 12 Since: preposition 13 Waiting: verb 14 Since: preposition 15 Age: abstract noun Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)