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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is an example of an action verb? A) To. B) Red. C) Am. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Run. 2. What is the conjunction in this sentence:I want to go to the fair and eat a bunch of cookies. A) And. B) Bunch. C) The. D) Of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 3. A part of speech that shows action or state of being is called A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 4. What type of sentence is this?Watch out for the turning car. A) Exclamatory. B) Imperative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperative. 5. A word that takes a place of a noun A) Adjective. B) Pronoun. C) Preposition. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronoun. 6. Everyone in the room cheered when the announcement was made. A) Pronoun. B) Verb. C) Interjection. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronoun. 7. Which of the following does an adverb modify? A) Noun. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 8. The main idea of the text is this. A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 9. My friends and I walked home after school. A) Adverb. B) Preposition. C) Pronoun. D) Article. E) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 10. A word that names a person. place, or thing A) Pronoun. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 11. An abstract noun ..... A) Names a general person, place, thing or idea. B) Names an idea or emotion. C) Names a specific person, place, thing or idea. D) Names a person place, or thing you can touch, see, hear, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Names an idea or emotion. 12. Identify the preposition:The fox ran along the river. A) Ran. B) River. C) Along. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Along. 13. We walked calmly by the snake. A) Noun. B) Conjunction. C) Adverb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 14. 'swam' is the past form of ..... A) Swing. B) Swim. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swim. 15. What part of speech is the word TEACHER? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. E) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 16. A word that shows the position of a noun A) Preposition. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 17. A word that describes a noun. It usually comes before the noun A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 18. The sun was shining as we set out for our first winter camping trip. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 19. Somewhere, anybody, everyone and nothing are indefinite pronouns? A) Yes, they are. B) No, they aren't. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, they are. 20. Make hamburger plural. A) Hamburgies. B) Hamburgers. C) Hamburgeres. D) Hamburger's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamburgers. 21. An adjective is a word that describes. Which word in the sentence is an adjective?The bird flew behind the white cloud. A) White. B) Flew. C) Cloud. D) Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) White. 22. Seriously, quietly, busily, thereChoose the parts of speech of the above given words. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 23. Which one is the suffix of verb? A) -ing. B) -ness. C) -ise. D) -ly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ise. 24. The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?I skittered to the entrance. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Pronoun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 25. Find the preposition in the sentence:The keys are under the mat. A) Mat. B) Are. C) Under. D) Keys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under. 26. A word that substitutes the noun. A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronoun. 27. Choose the adjective that best completes the sentence. Nico told his friend a ..... joke. A) Yellow. B) Funny. C) Beautiful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Funny. 28. Which part of speech joins words, phrases, and clauses? A) Conjunction. B) Preposition. C) Interjection. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunction. 29. Which part of speech expresses emotion, but it has no real connection with the rest of the sentence? A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Interjection. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interjection. 30. Which of the following is an example of a pronoun? A) Will go. B) Cat. C) Brookshire's. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Them. ← 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