This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Parts Of Speech – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parts Of Speech Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?White whiskers bounce alongside his pink nose. A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 2. Are you sure of yourself? A) Pronoun. B) Preposition. C) Interjection. D) Article. E) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 3. CATThe cat was sleeping. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 4. Tell the category of the highlighted words in the following sentences. An employee with low emotional intelligence can negatively impact a workplace and their team members leading to poor morale A) Adjective. B) Pronoun. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 5. What part of speech describe or modify nouns or pronouns? A) Adverbs. B) Adjectives. C) Nouns. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjectives. 6. Identify the pronoun:I love coffee and books! A) Coffee. B) And. C) I. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 7. A word that substitutes for a noun or a noun phrase A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Pronoun. D) Interjection. E) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronoun. 8. The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?His uneven white socks patter the rich soil. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 9. There are eight parts of speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Exciting new products and effective marketing strategies will guarantee the company's success. A) Conjunction. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunction. 11. Plural form of 'sheep' is ..... A) Sheeps. B) Sheep. C) Ship. D) Shep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheep. 12. What are the nouns in this sentence:The ant and the robot are very happy. A) The, ant. B) Ant, robot. C) And, are. D) Very, happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ant, robot. 13. Which word describes the paper?The shiny box was wrapped in colorful paper. A) Box. B) Shiny. C) Was. D) Colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colorful. 14. On Sundays, I (swim) from six to eleven in the morning. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Preposition. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 15. Which part of speech describes or modifies nouns or pronouns? A) Adverbs. B) Adjectives. C) Verbs. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjectives. 16. A word that takes the place of a noun (I, she, he, we, they, etc.) A) Prounoun. B) Conjunction. C) Interjection. D) Presposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prounoun. 17. Which word from the sentence is a noun?We would have gone to a cabin, but it was full. A) We. B) Cabin. C) But. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cabin. 18. A word that tells an action or state of being A) Noun. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 19. The part of speech that shows the relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence. Often tells where something is/happens A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Prepositions. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositions. 20. MOVIEThe movie that I went to watch was a comedy. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 21. Select the pronoun(s) in this sentence: "Everyone played tag at recess." A) Tag. B) Recess. C) Everyone. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Everyone. 22. Which part of speech shows a relationship between a noun and pronoun and some other word in the sentence? A) Adverb. B) Interjection. C) Conjunction. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 23. Find the correct pronoun in the sentence.Amy and Jena are best friends ..... playing at the playground. A) They. B) We. C) You. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They. 24. Which of the following is NOT a prepositional phrase? A) Over the hill. B) Into the unknown. C) Under the car. D) The fast food restaurant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fast food restaurant. 25. Word:Every word I wrote is awesome! A) Noun. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 26. State True/ FalseVerbs are the action words. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. "Run" is an example of a ..... A) Adverb. B) Interjection. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 28. In the sentence "The cheerful girl danced gracefully, " what part of speech is 'gracefully'? A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 29. Identify the subject and predicate in the sentence:'The cat slept on the mat.' A) Subject:The mat; Predicate:slept on the cat. B) Subject:The cat; Predicate:slept on the mat. C) Subject:slept; Predicate:The cat on the mat. D) Subject:The cat; Predicate:on the mat slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject:The cat; Predicate:slept on the mat. 30. Identify the noun in the following sentence:The cat jumped over the fence. A) Cat. B) Over. C) Dog. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cat. 31. Terry lost his keys before work. What part of speech is "lost" ? A) Verb. B) Conjunction. C) Noun. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 32. Choose the correct form of the verb:'He ..... (go) to the gym every day.' A) Going. B) Goes. C) Goed. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes. 33. Tell if the sentence is a complete or an incomplete sentence.I can ran fast. A) Complete Sentence. B) Incomplete Sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence. 34. What is the correct list of pronouns that can be used in questions? A) Which, Why, When. B) Who, What, Which. C) When, What, Why. D) Who, Witch, Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who, What, Which. 35. What part of speech is the word 'quickly' in the sentence:'She quickly finished her homework.' A) Pronoun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 36. Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:She gave her book to him. A) Book. B) She. C) Gave. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She. 37. If you can remember. How many parts of speech do we have? A) 7. B) 8. C) 9. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 38. The boy jumped ..... the water. What part of speech would most likely fill in the blank? A) Preposition. B) Conjunction. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 39. Soil:His uneven white socks patter the rich soil. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 40. What is the complete subject of this sentence:My little sister works at the grocery store. A) My. B) My little sister works. C) My little sister. D) My little. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My little sister. 41. Identify the pronoun in the sentence:He is my best friend. A) Is. B) Best. C) He. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He. 42. What type of sentence is this?Deliver this message immediately. A) Exclamatory. B) Imperative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamatory. 43. What is the function of the word 'happily' in the sentence:She smiled happily at her friend. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 44. Which part of speech modifies nouns and pronouns and includes the articles a, an, and the? A) Adjective. B) Conjunction. C) Adverb. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 45. Morgan Freeman will narrate the new documentary about Mt. Kilimanjaro. A) Pronouns. B) Nouns. C) Adjectives. D) Prepositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nouns. 46. What is the preposition?My husband sent me a dozen yellow roses for our anniversay? A) For. B) My. C) Yellow. D) Sent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For. 47. In the sentence 'The beautiful flowers bloomed in the garden, ' what is the adjective describing the flowers? A) Beautiful. B) Garden. C) Bloomed. D) Flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful. 48. They wondered if there truly was honour among thieves. A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 49. What is the adverb in the sentence, "The ghoulish zombies looked hungrily at the elementary school students?" A) Elementary. B) Zombies. C) Hungrily. D) Ghoulish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hungrily. 50. How many verbs are in the sentence below?"We called the insurance company and argued that our policy covers damages caused by sharknados." A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 51. It is the name of a person, place, thing or idea. A) Adjective. B) Pronoun. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 52. He runs twice a week to keep the healthy. A) Simple future tense. B) Simple past tense. C) Present perfect tense. D) Simple present tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple present tense. 53. In the following sentence, which word is the preposition?"Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!" A) Over. B) Ouch. C) And. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over. 54. Label the parts of speech for the bold words in the following sentences I gently put the baby down for a nap. A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 55. Ms. Copenhaver made buffalo chicken dip that is surprisingly good. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 56. Identify the pronoun in the sentence:They are going to the park. A) We. B) They. C) Are. D) Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They. 57. Identify the verb in the sentence:'The children played in the park.' A) Children. B) Park. C) In. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Played. 58. And, or, but, then, if A) Interjection. B) Prounoun. C) Presposition. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunction. 59. Identify the parts of speech of the word given in bracket.Aditya is a (responsible) child. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 60. Select the correct form of the missing word.I know ..... all excited to go to the play. A) Were. B) We're. C) Where. D) None of the above. 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