This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Parts Of Speech – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parts Of Speech Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The attempt was on. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 2. What is a 'GERUND'? A) A naming word. B) A word that shows action. C) An action word but not a verb; it functions as a noun. D) A word that shows more information about a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An action word but not a verb; it functions as a noun. 3. The office is located between my class (and) the library. A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunction. 4. What part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea? A) Pronoun. B) Verb. C) Interjection. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 5. A FULL STOP at the end of a sentence is an example of ..... ? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Punctuation. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punctuation. 6. Identify the adjective in this sentence:The bright rainbow floated lazily to the ground. A) Lazily. B) Rainbow. C) Floated. D) Bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bright. 7. You can add an "ing, " an "s, " or an "ed" to change the tense of these terms. A) Pronouns. B) Prepositions. C) Verbs. D) Conjunctions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbs. 8. Differentiate between the nouns in the sentence:'The teacher and the student discussed the project.' A) The student is a noun representing a textbook. B) The teacher is a noun representing a classroom. C) The project is a noun representing a discussion. D) The teacher is a noun representing the instructor, and the student is a noun representing the learner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher is a noun representing the instructor, and the student is a noun representing the learner. 9. Identify the part of speech of the word "underneath" in the sentence: "The treasure was buried underneath the old tree." A) Pronoun. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 10. A noun that names a specific person, place, thing, or idea is a called a ..... noun. A) Proper. B) Plural. C) Pronoun. D) Common. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proper. 11. The directions are under that book. A) Pronoun. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronoun. 12. I think you need a history lesson to learn about Lincoln. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Pronoun. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 13. Select examples of a verb. A) House, home, walk. B) Is, are, it. C) Is, are, run. D) Eat, create, hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is, are, run. 14. Which verb form would I use after the helping verbs "has, have or had" ? A) Broke. B) Knew. C) Did. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gone. 15. The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?A tentacle coiled around his ankles. A) Pronoun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 16. This conversation is too dull for me. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Pronoun. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 17. I wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch yesterday. A) Conjunction. B) Adverb. C) A noun. D) Article. E) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunction. 18. Bhavya is a fat girl.Name the parts of speech of the word"fat" A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) Conjunction. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 19. Because the test was easy, we succeeded and exhaled, but we still had to take it seriously. A) Adverbs. B) Prepositions. C) Conjunctions. D) Interjections. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunctions. 20. Fill the blank with suitable preposition ..... he is suffering ..... head ache A) Of. B) From. C) With. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From. 21. Which of the following is not a preposition:by, across, under, red. A) Red. B) Across. C) By. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red. 22. Words that are used to describe people, places, and things A) Adjectives. B) Pronouns. C) Verbs. D) Adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjectives. 23. The magician performed one amazing trick after another. Identify the ADJECTIVE. A) Amazing. B) Performed. C) Trick. D) Magician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amazing. 24. What part of speech is her?Sally slept all night with her stuffed animal in the bed. A) Conjunction. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronoun. 25. SUMMERMy mom loves Summer flowers. A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 26. Which part of speech name of a person, place, thing, or idea? A) Preposition. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 27. It is a part of speech that names a person, place, thing or an idea. A) Adverbs. B) Adjectives. C) Verbs. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nouns. 28. An ADJECTIVE is: A) A person, place, thing, or idea. B) A word that describe a verb. C) A word that describes a noun. D) An action or state of being. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word that describes a noun. 29. Identify the conjunction in the sentence:I like both ice cream and cake. A) And. B) Like. C) I. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 30. An "action" word is a ..... A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Preposition. 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