This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Adjectives > Adjectives, Adverbs And Prepositions – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adjectives, Adverbs And Prepositions Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the preposition.A saguaro cactus grows in the desert. A) The desert. B) Grow. C) In the desert. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In. 2. Identify the adjective (other than articles): ..... My brother and I walked up the beaten path and down to the stream. A) Path. B) Beaten. C) Brother. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beaten. 3. Which comma rule applies to the following sentence:You need your homework, a pencil, and a highlighter for class today. A) Items in a series. B) Appositive. C) Compound sentence. D) Introductory word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Items in a series. 4. He makes delicious cakes. A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) Conjunction. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 5. The kitchen isn't as ..... (large) the living room. A) More large than. B) Larger as. C) Large as. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large as. 6. Exercise 1:Recognizing AdjectivesIdentify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.1. The dull walls and dingy carpet give the room a somber atmosphere. A) Dull, dingy. B) Dull, dingy, somber. C) Dull, carpet, somber. D) Dingy, somber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dull, dingy, somber. 7. Exercise 1:Recognizing AdjectivesIdentify the Adjective(s) in the sentence.2. The lonesome howl of a coyote came from the woods. A) Howl. B) Lonesome. C) Lonesome, woods. D) Lonesome, howl, woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lonesome. 8. What conjunction should you use to make these sentences into a compound sentence? The Doctor always enjoyed meeting new people. He also loved time traveling. A) For. B) And. C) Nor. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And. 9. Which word from the sentence is an adverb? We ate at restaurants often. A) Ate. B) We. C) Often. D) Restaurants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Often. 10. Paulo Coelho is one of my favourite novelists. I think he writes ..... A) Beautifuly. B) Beautifully. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautifully. 11. Identify the preposition(s): ..... My brother and I walked up the beaten path and down to the stream. A) Path, stream. B) Up. C) Down. D) Up, down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up, down. 12. We had to walk home because there weren't ..... taxis. A) Any. B) No. C) None. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 13. Choose the adverb from the sentence below:Josh easily resisted the temptation of delicious cake. A) Easily. B) Cake. C) Delicious. D) Resisted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Easily. 14. Jobe never runs in the hall. A) Never. B) Hall. C) Runs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never. 15. A word expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Conjunction. D) Preposition. E) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 16. Which word from the sentence is a adverb? The boat moved calmly through the water. A) Through. B) Moved. C) Calmly. D) Boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calmly. 17. Which of the following is not a preposition? A) Around. B) Of. C) Behind. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of. 18. What is a word used to express emotion. It has no grammatical relation to other words in the sentence? A) Subordinating conjunction. B) Coordinating conjunction. C) Correlative conjunction. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interjection. 19. Fill in the blank:My dad told me I could go to Grandma's house, ..... I could go to my uncle Fred's cabin in the woods. A) Yet. B) So. C) Nor. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Or. 20. Cardiff is ..... (wet) city in Britain. It rains an average of 148 days a year. A) The wettest. B) The wetter. C) The most west. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wettest. 21. What part of speech is the word "quiet" in the following lyric:"I hear the drums echoing tonight, but she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation." A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 22. When do we use these? A) When the things are near. B) When the things are far. C) When a thing is near. D) When a thing is far. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the things are near. 23. Neither tour ..... airfare. A) Include. B) Includes. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Includes. 24. I almost forgot the words to the song. A) Conjunction. B) Adjective. C) Preposition. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 25. Choose the adjective from the sentence below:Without the youngest child at home, Mrs. White and her husband were able to go to their favorite restaurant. A) Youngest. B) Without. C) Go. D) Restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Youngest. 26. Fill in the blank with the correct answer:I've never heard ..... directions. A) Complicatedest. B) More complicated. C) Complicateder. D) Most complicated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More complicated. 27. Identify the adjective(s) in the sentence below. The yellow rose is my favorite flower. A) Yellow. B) Rose. C) Favorite. D) Both yellow and favorite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both yellow and favorite. 28. The bus was completely empty there was ..... on it. A) Anybody. B) Everybody. C) Nobody. D) Somebody. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nobody. 29. How many adverbs in the following sentence:The gloomy puppy played it's melancholy song on the broken banjo regretfully. A) 1. B) 3. C) 5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 30. Select the correct word to fill in the blank.(soft) These cookies are the ..... ones I've ever baked. A) Softer. B) Softest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Softest. 31. What is the preposition?Did you watch the show about endangered dolphins? A) About. B) The. C) Did. D) Show. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About. 32. After, although, because, since, so that, whenever, when, why, while, provided, as well as, as if, how & unless can be classified as ..... conjunctions. A) Correlative. B) Coordinating. C) Subordinating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subordinating. 33. What is the adverb in the following sentence? The kind students sat quietly and waited for the class to start. A) Kind. B) To start. C) Quietly. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quietly. 34. My friends enjoyed ..... very much at the concert. A) Themselves. B) Each other. C) One another. D) Themself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Themselves. 35. How many adjectives are this sentence:Barbara makes the best mango salsa ever! A) 4. B) 1. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 36. We aren't familiar ..... all the new vocabulary. A) Of. B) To. C) With. D) Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With. 37. Identify the adjective in the sentence below. The nervous cat jumped on the table. A) Table. B) Jumped. C) Cat. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nervous. 38. I can't let you use much of this perfume. There's only ..... in the bottle. A) A little. B) Little. C) A few. D) Few. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A little. 39. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. They often tell when, how, where, or how much. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 40. We visited a local store last week. A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 41. What do adjectives modify or describe? A) Nouns and pronouns. B) Verbs. C) Prepositions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nouns and pronouns. 42. What is the preposition?Singing is fun during the holidays. A) Is. B) On. C) During. D) Fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During. 43. Which comma rule applies to the following sentence:Dear Mom, I loved our delicious dinner last night! A) Greeting in a letter. B) Introductory word. C) Appositive. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greeting in a letter. 44. Identify the preposition in the sentence below.Through the tall trees, I spotted a white owl. A) Through. B) Tall. C) Spotted. D) Owl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through. 45. The carpenter did a (good, well) job on our new porch. A) Good. B) Well. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 46. Complete the sentence with the correct orderHe ..... ..... late for work A) Is often. B) Often is. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is often. 47. Which conjunction should you use to connect the following sentences? Iris loves fantasy books. She doesn't like romance in her books. A) And. B) For. C) But. D) Nor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But. 48. How many prepositions in the following sentence:Before getting into the police academy, I had to put my son through college and stay on top of my vet bills. A) 1. B) 3. C) 5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 49. He's written two books but I haven't read ..... of them. A) Neither. B) Either. C) No. D) Any. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Either. 50. Exercise 2:Identifying Adverbs Select the answer that lists all the Adverbs in the sentence.8. She immediately responded that she would never go to the school's prom with him. A) Immediately, never. B) Never, school's. C) Never. D) Immediately, never, school's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immediately, never. 51. Choose the adverb from the sentence below:Silly Megan walked slowly down the dark hallway. A) Silly. B) Slowly. C) Walked. D) Dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slowly. 52. I bought ..... cheese, but I didn't buy ..... bread. A) Some no. B) No some. C) Some any. D) None some. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some any. 53. If what you say is true, there is ..... we can do about it. A) A little. B) Few. C) Little. D) A few. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Little. 54. Yesterday, I found out that my carpet is out of date. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 55. What is the helping verb, or linking verb in the following sentence? "Hey, why doesn't everyone just sit down and be quiet?" A) Hey. B) And. C) Everyone. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be. 56. The room isn't bright. We can't see anything. A) A. The room is not bright enough for we to see anything. B) B. The room isn't bright enough for us to see anything. C) C. The room is dark for us to see anything. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. The room isn't bright enough for us to see anything. 57. The words that are used to join two words, phrases or sentences together are called ..... A) Adverbs. B) Prepositions. C) Conjunctions. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunctions. 58. On Sunday, I could not see ..... of his clothes in the washing basket. A) No. B) None. C) Any. D) Every. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Any. 59. I ..... walked by the dog while it was asleep. A) Nervous. B) Nervously. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervously. 60. Who let the dogs out (of the house)? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) None of the above. 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