Parts of Speech Quiz

Question 1

What part of speech is the word 'quickly' in: 'She ran quickly'?

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Adverb

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Adjective

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Verb

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Noun

Question 2

What is a noun?

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A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

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A word that describes an action

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A word that describes a noun

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A word that joins clauses

Question 3

Identify the verb in: 'The children laughed at the clown.'

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laughed

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children

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at

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clown

Question 4

What type of noun is 'happiness'?

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Abstract noun

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Proper noun

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Concrete noun

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Collective noun

Question 5

What is an adjective?

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A word that modifies a noun or pronoun

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A word that modifies a verb

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A word that names a thing

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A word that connects sentences

Question 6

What is a pronoun?

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A word that replaces a noun

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A professional noun

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A type of verb

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A describing word

Question 7

Identify the preposition in: 'The cat sat under the table.'

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under

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cat

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sat

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table

Question 8

What is a conjunction?

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A word that connects clauses or words

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A describing word

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A naming word

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An action word

Question 9

What type of noun is 'Amazon'?

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Proper noun

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Common noun

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Abstract noun

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Collective noun

Question 10

Identify the adjective in: 'She wore a beautiful red dress.'

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Both beautiful and red

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wore

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beautiful

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red

Question 11

What is an interjection?

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A short exclamation expressing emotion

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A word inserted mid-sentence for emphasis

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A word that modifies adjectives

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A form of verb

Question 12

What is the verb 'is' in: 'She is happy'?

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Linking verb

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Action verb

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Auxiliary verb

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Modal verb

Question 13

What is a collective noun?

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A noun referring to a group as a single unit

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A noun for abstract ideas

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A noun that can be counted

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A proper noun for a group

Question 14

Identify the adverb in: 'He spoke very quietly.'

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Both very and quietly

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spoke

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very

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quietly

Question 15

What is an auxiliary verb?

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A helping verb used with the main verb

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A verb showing strong action

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A verb that links subject and complement

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A verb describing mental states

Question 16

In 'The dog barked loudly at the stranger', what is 'the stranger'?

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Object

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Subject

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Adverb

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Adjective phrase

Question 17

What are articles, and give examples.

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Type of adjective: a, an, the

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Types of verbs: do, does, did

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Types of pronoun: I, me, my

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Types of adverb: very, quite, rather

Question 18

What is a gerund?

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A verb form used as a noun

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A type of adjective ending in -ing

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A verb in the past tense

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An adverb describing time

Question 19

What part of speech is 'ouch' in: 'Ouch! That hurt!'?

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Interjection

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Noun

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Exclamative adjective

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Verb

Question 20

In 'She gave him a present', what is 'him'?

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Indirect object

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Direct object

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Subject

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Predicate