This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Parts Of Speech – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parts Of Speech Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The old car barely made it to the next highway. Identify the PREPOSITION. A) It. B) Car. C) Highway. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To. 2. Which part of speech is very important in a sentence? A) Verb. B) Pronoun. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 3. This part of speech is a type of adjective that modifies a noun and is used to reference a noun. A) Conjunction. B) Adverb. C) Interjection. D) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article. 4. What does a conjunction do? A) It joins words, phrases and clauses. B) It describes a noun. C) It lets you know a noun is coming up in the sentence. D) It connects a noun to another noun in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It joins words, phrases and clauses. 5. I know that the doctor ..... helping the sick lady. A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 6. What did he (tell) about the film last night? A) Conjunction. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 7. Identify the adverb in this sentence:Her crazy run toward the door made me laugh. A) Made. B) Toward. C) Her. D) Crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crazy. 8. A noun is a(n) ..... A) Person, place, or thing. B) Describes a noun. C) Describes a verb. D) Action word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person, place, or thing. 9. ..... is a word used to join words or sentences. A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Conjunction. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunction. 10. Which one is the linking verb? A) Seem. B) Shout. C) Dance. D) Trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seem. 11. Employees who possess high levels of emotional intelligence are much more self-aware. A) Adjective. B) Pronoun. C) Verb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 12. The hall was crowded with students and the ..... book bags. A) Students'. B) Students. C) Student's. D) Students's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Students'. 13. The works of Picasso are admirable. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 14. Choose the sentence that uses a possessive noun correctly. A) I saw Mr. Sookrams' Honda Fit at MOD Pizza yesterday. B) I saw Mr. Sookrams Honda Fit at MOD Pizza yesterday. C) I saw Mr. Sookram's Honda Fit at MOD Pizza yesterday. D) I saw Mr. Sookramses' Honda Fit at MOD Pizza yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I saw Mr. Sookram's Honda Fit at MOD Pizza yesterday. 15. Read the sentence. How would you rewrite it using a PRONOUN?I waited on the playground for Amber. A) I waited on the playground for her. B) I ran to the playground to play with Amber. C) I waited on the cold playground for Amber. D) I patiently waited on the playground for Amber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I waited on the playground for her. 16. Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 17. If a noun ends with an x add ..... A) S. B) 's. C) Ies. D) Es. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Es. 18. What is the relationship between nouns and adjectives? A) Adjectives have nothing to do with nouns. B) Adjectives come before nouns in sentences. C) Adjectives describe the actions that noun takes. D) Adjectives describe the different qualities of nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjectives describe the different qualities of nouns. 19. The clown chased a dog around the ring and then fell flat on her face. A) Noun. B) Preposition. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 20. Ms. Copenhaver handed him the paper. A) Pronoun. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronoun. 21. Sarah (people's name) A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 22. 6-Who is the best friend of the verb? A) Pronoun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 23. The dollar bill was torn, so the ATM machine didn't accept it. Identify the CONJUNCTION. A) Dollar. B) So. C) It. D) Accept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So. 24. What is the proper noun in this sentence.My favorite amusement park is Disneyland. A) My. B) Amusement. C) Disneyland. D) Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disneyland. 25. How many parts of speech are there? A) 10. B) 8. C) 5. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 26. Have you passed? Congratulations! A) Interjection. B) Conjunction. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interjection. 27. Ganguly played cricket well in test matches. A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 28. Pick out the adverb in the sentence:She carefully wrapped the gift for her friend. A) Friend. B) Carefully. C) Gift. D) Wrapped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carefully. 29. The old man drives slowly.What part of speech is 'slowly" ? A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 30. ..... voice was loud as he introduced the read aloud. A) Mr. Sookrams. B) Mr. Sookram's. C) Mr. Sookram'es. D) Mr. Sookrams'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Sookram's. 31. A word that modifies a noun or pronoun. A) Interjection. B) Adverb. C) Pronoun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 32. The school is (near) the park. A) Preposition. B) Conjunction. C) Pronoun. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 33. Find the past tense verb:Marcus walked to school every day but now he takes the bus. A) Marcus. B) Takes. C) Day. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 34. The school I go to is very big. Identify the articles in this sentence. A) The. B) I. C) Very. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The. 35. I wanted to eat, but my stomach hurt. Identify the CONJUNCTION. A) To. B) I. C) Hurt. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) But. 36. This is my project, but I haven't finished it yet. A) Pronoun. B) Verb. C) Conjunction. D) Interjection. E) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunction. 37. Words that take the place of nouns ..... A) Pronouns. B) Prepositions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronouns. 38. He has bought some books. A) Present continuous tense. B) Present perfect tense. C) Simple past tense. D) Simple present tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect tense. 39. This part of speech that can tell where or when A) Verb. B) Preposition. C) Noun. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 40. The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?The cat travels effortlessly along the muddy bank. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 41. Identify the noun in the following sentence:The cat sat on the mat. A) House. B) Jumped. C) Dog. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cat. 42. A word that expresses an action or a state of being like "am" or "are" is a: A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 43. Shows what the subject is doing A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Pronoun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 44. Adjectives are ..... A) Detail words. B) Nouns. C) Action words. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detail words. 45. BLUEDid you see the blue pencil? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 46. Sneha is always cheerful. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 47. What part of speech is the?We went to the store quickly after dark. A) Adverb. B) Article. C) Interjection. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Article. 48. I left my shoes under the shelf. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Pronoun. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 49. In the following sentence, which word is the verb? "Mike quickly jumped over the tall hurdle and broke his knee. Ouch!" A) Quickly. B) Mike. C) His. D) Broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broke. 50. He will practice his musical piece soon. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Article. D) Preposition. E) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Adverb. 51. Identify the pronoun:My brother never cleans his room! A) Brother. B) Never. C) Cleans. D) His. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His. 52. The sun ..... in the west. A) Sets. B) Go. C) Comes. D) Rises. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sets. 53. Fox:The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 54. Gagana works hard to get Rank.Name the parts of speech of the word "Works" A) Adverb. B) Pronoun. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 55. Find pronoun ..... Raj is a clever boy.he can speak many languages.his spoken English is very good A) Option 2&3. B) His. C) He. D) Clever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Option 2&3. 56. The puppy chased the ball around the backyard. A) Verbs. B) Nouns. C) Adverbs. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nouns. 57. Which part of speech is capitalized? A) Pronouns. B) Proper nouns. C) Principle nouns. D) Common nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proper nouns. 58. Identify Pronoun from the sentence On Saturdays I work from nine to five A) Satudays. B) Nine. C) I. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I. 59. Akash and Ambar play cricket. A) Conjunction. B) Interjection. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunction. 60. President, White House or Washington Monument A) Adjective. B) Proper noun. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proper noun. ← 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