
Proper nouns are mainly names of locations and people and are capitalised in English: Hofstadter (1982), The Mind’s IĪ noun can be: a thing, a place, a person, a name, or an idea: e.g. Now let’s look at individual parts of speech.ġ After Daniel C. Write the terms next to the words.Ĭheck your answer on page 12 (all answers are at the end of the worksheet). This sentence contains the following speech parts:Ībstract noun Proper noun Concrete noun (2) Adjective (2)Īrticle (2) Adverb Verb (in the past tense) Preposition (2)īefore we work on what these terms mean, have a go at seeing what you know already.

The reigning monarch opened formally the Palace of Westminster in 1852. Here’s a short sentence describing some of the history of the British parliament: Section 1: how do we name the parts of a sentence? The worksheet, however, this is an easily available and adaptable text. Text from Wikipedia, a source we would normally advise against for academic purposes. Our theme is the history of Big Ben, and the British Houses of Parliament. To look through it first and just print the sections you need. This worksheet is quite a long one, as it covers a lot of ground: you may want Space is provided to write, and a key to theĮxercises is given at the end. You will need to print off the worksheet to do the exercises. Have had to give you some illustrative examples of non-standard or incorrect English, we have marked these A references section points you to more resources to learn about grammar.

There’s also a revision section at the end, with another 30 The exercises, will take approximately 90 minutes. Working through the whole sheet, doing all Of speech needed to make a straightforward English sentence.

Parts of speech are different types of word: noun, verb, adjective etc. Or if you want to do one of our more complex grammar worksheets later on. Do this worksheet first if you know little or nothing about English grammar, This worksheet is the first in our series and shows you what parts of speech do in a simpleĮnglish sentence. The Westminster Quarters is now the most popular tune for church bells and can be heard all over the country.“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts, or is the soul greater than the hum of its parts? 1” Where else can you hear the Westminster chimes? With the clock face recently emerging from the tower’s scaffolding which has encased the famous landmark for the last few years, Londoners were excited to hear Big Ben’s bell chime again as a new year began in 2022.Īt midnight on New Year's Day, the bell was struck 12 times using a temporary drive mechanism, which replicates the chime created by the original Victorian mechanism which drops a hammer on the bell ever 4.5 seconds.īig Ben and the four quarter bells are set to resume sounding the famous daily ‘Westminster Quarters’ melody and resonant bongs using the original mechanism in Spring 2022. Why did Big Ben ‘bong’ on New Year’s Day?
