This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Parts Of Speech – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parts Of Speech Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A preposition indicates direction, time, place, and/or location. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. After lunch let's go for a coffee. part of speech of the word "after" A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) Conjunction. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 3. What is the verb in this sentence?I just cannot look at this! A) I. B) Just. C) Look. D) Cannot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Look. 4. The girl practiced her butterfly stroke.What part of speech is the word in blue? A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 5. Nathan, Me and Caleb were classmates last school year ..... missed each other badly. A) I. B) We. C) You. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We. 6. These flowers smell good.Which word is a verb? A) Good. B) These. C) Flowers. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smell. 7. Label the parts of speech for the bold words in the following sentences Birds fly but dogs don't. A) Interjection. B) Verb. C) Conjunction. D) Noun. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunction. 8. She liked the fall colors.What part of speech is the word in blue? A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronoun. 9. The bold adjective describes which noun?There are a few rotten vegetables lurking in Rebecca's colorful garden. A) Rebecca. B) Garden. C) Vegetables. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vegetables. 10. What is the verb in this sentence:The small astronaut and the big dinosaur are in the spaceship. A) Big. B) Are. C) Astronaut. D) Dinosaur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 11. "She, " "him, " and "they" are examples of ..... A) Prepositions. B) Adjectives. C) Pronouns. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronouns. 12. Which word from the sentence is a personal pronoun?I drove the car to the store. A) The. B) Car. C) I. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 13. Akbar was a great King. (Find the noun) A) 1) Akbar2)King. B) Great. C) Great King. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1) Akbar2)King. 14. Which word is an adjective in the following sentence:The big, red balloon floated away? A) Small. B) Green. C) Floated. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Big. 15. Identify the verb:You should try to avoid tired words when you write. A) Tired. B) Should try. C) To. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Should try. 16. Choose the verb in the sentence:The birds fly in the sky. A) A) sky. B) B.) In. C) C.)birds. D) D.)fly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D.)fly. 17. Which of the following symbol is used for Interjection? A) !. B) ?. C) /. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) !. 18. Which Adjective is appropriate:My house looks ..... because of its ..... roses in the garden A) Immense, beautiful. B) Delighted, Tiny. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immense, beautiful. 19. Which word from the sentence is a verb?He quickly jumped in the water. A) Water. B) Jumped. C) He. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jumped. 20. This part of speech expresses an action or a state of being. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 21. Choose the option to complete the sentence meaningfully.These students do not complain about homework. They do it ..... A) Happily. B) Sadly. C) Worriedly. D) Hardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happily. 22. Hey! That is my seat. A) Pronoun. B) Verb. C) Interjection. D) Preposition. E) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interjection. 23. The troop had been scattered throughout the woods. A) Pronoun. B) Article. C) Adjective. D) Noun. E) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article. 24. The school smells funny. What part of speech is smells? A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 25. Skittered:I skittered to the entrance. A) Adverb. B) Pronoun. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 26. They live in a beautiful house. Identify the parts of speech. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 27. What are examples of adjectives? A) Furry, bald, wet, funny. B) Bob, Christmas, Tuesday, Nike. C) And, but, or, so, because. D) Happily, angrily, repeatedly, calmly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Furry, bald, wet, funny. 28. Hey, that really hurt ..... try not to do that again, okay? A) Prepositions. B) Interjections. C) Adjectives. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interjections. 29. Examples:pretty, friendly, kind, messy, four, few, purple, several A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Conjunction. D) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 30. Has your father ever been to Japan? A) Auxiliary. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. E) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 31. "Bruh!" "andioop!" and "sksksks!" are all examples of ..... A) Prepositions. B) Pronouns. C) Nouns. D) Interjections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interjections. 32. Which part of speech is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea? A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 33. Choose an adjective you could add to describe the dog.The dog ran away. A) Quickly. B) Dirty. C) His. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dirty. 34. Identify the adjective:Later, a shy person was called nice. A) Later. B) Shy. C) Person. D) Was called. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shy. 35. What is the conjunction in the sentence:I will go to the park if it stops raining. A) If. B) But. C) Or. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If. 36. Find the adjective.The beautiful butterfly landed on her shoulder. A) Her. B) Landed. C) Butterfly. D) Beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beautiful. 37. What is the Pronoun in the sentence:Sadie is sister. A) Sadie. B) Paper. C) Sister. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sadie. 38. Which one is NOT possessive pronoun? A) Your. B) His. C) Mine. D) Yours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your. 39. A preposition is a phrase that ..... A) Comes before a position. B) Follows a conjunction. C) Indicates a position in time and space. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indicates a position in time and space. 40. Which one of the following is a Preposition? A) On. B) Old. C) Spacious. D) Beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 41. A huge jade plant grows in the greenhouse.Which part of speech is plant in this sentence? A) Verb. B) Pronoun. C) Noun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 42. Oh no! The sparrow is dead. A) Preposition. B) Interjection. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interjection. 43. The Millers are our new neighbors down the street. A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 44. What does an adverb do? A) Modifies a preposition or pronoun. B) Modifies a verb, adjective or adverb. C) Describes nouns and pronouns. D) Connects words. phrases and clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modifies a verb, adjective or adverb. 45. Identify the parts of speech of the word given in bracket.(She) found an old key inside the drawer. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronoun. 46. She likes to ..... mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving. A) Jump. B) Eat. C) Run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eat. 47. Identify the preposition:The mouse was crawling under the table. A) Was. B) Under. C) The. D) Table. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under. 48. We would have ran, but it would have followed us. A) Adjective. B) Conjunction. C) Verb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunction. 49. The girl walked in the very beautiful park, but the boy stayed at home.Which is a preposition? A) Park. B) In. C) Home. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In. 50. When Velma exclaims, "Jinkies!, " it is considered a ..... A) Conjunction. B) Interjection. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interjection. 51. Identify the adverb in the sentence.Kelly quietly waited her turn. A) Quietly. B) Kelly. C) Her. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quietly. 52. Which of the following words are NOT a preposition:at, behind, on, her. A) On. B) Her. C) At. D) Behind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her. 53. Which word is a noun in the following sentence:The cat chased the mouse? A) Mouse. B) Chased. C) Cat. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cat. 54. Which verb makes the sentence correct?She will ..... when she gets a gift. A) Smiled. B) Smiling. C) Smile. D) Smiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smile. 55. The fluffy cat fell gracefully off his perch and onto the ground.GROUND is a: A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Interjection. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 56. Identify the conjunction:I'll have a coffee but no sugar, please. A) But. B) I'll. C) No. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But. 57. In the sentence "The cat chased the mouse, " what is the part of speech of "chased" ? A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 58. Well, have you ever had this type of sushi? A) Conjunction. B) Adverb. C) Interjection. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interjection. 59. The diagram was pretty complicated for us. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 60. Several cats ran into Rob's garage. A) Article. B) Verb. C) Conjunction. D) Pronoun. E) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParts Of Speech Quiz 1Parts Of Speech Quiz 2Parts Of Speech Quiz 3Parts Of Speech Quiz 4Parts Of Speech Quiz 5Parts Of Speech Quiz 6Parts Of Speech Quiz 7Parts Of Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books