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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Suitable verb form ..... I eat now A) Have been eating. B) Am eating. C) Have eaten. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am eating. 2. Which word is an adverb?Annie ate nearly all of the snacks in the pantry. A) Annie. B) Ate. C) Nearly. D) Pantry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nearly. 3. What part of speech is swimming. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. 4. To jump, to run, to climb. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 5. What part of speech is the bold word?The children played on the huge red toy. A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 6. 1-I always walk to school.Find the action Verb in this sentence. A) Walk. B) School. C) I. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walk. 7. Identify the preposition:The mice scampered across the field. A) Across. B) Scampered. C) Field. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Across. 8. The census taker knocked loudly on all the doors but nobody was home. A) Verb. B) Preposition. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 9. ..... expresses action or being. A) Preposition. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 10. Choose the adjective that best completes the sentence. The ..... puppy ran around the yard all morning long. A) Sleepy. B) Eight. C) Playful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playful. 11. The Saints had not won a Superbowl before 2010. Before is what part of speech? A) Preposition. B) Pronoun. C) Interjection. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 12. Label the parts of speech for the bold words in the following sentences The stars are shining bright tonight. A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 13. Which word is a verb in the following sentence:The dog barked loudly? A) The. B) Barked. C) Loudly. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barked. 14. What word typically modifies a verb and ends in-ly?"Quickly" is an example of this part of speech ..... A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 15. They slowly carried the couch down the stairs. A) Article. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. E) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverb. 16. A word that means the same as another word A) Antonym. B) Pronoun. C) Suffix. D) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synonym. 17. Choose the noun in this sentence:I like to eat turkey. A) To. B) Turkey. C) Like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turkey. 18. PLAYThe play that I went to watch was a comedy. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 19. I bought a beautiful dress at the mall. (What part of speech is beautiful?) A) Preposition. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 20. Examples:Yes! Oh my gosh! Wow! A) Interjection. B) Verb. C) Preposition. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interjection. 21. The Saints had not won a Superbowl before 2010.Before is what part of speech? A) Interjection. B) Noun. C) Pronoun. D) Conjunction. E) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Preposition. 22. Find the verb.Nathan was excited about the birthday party. A) Was. B) Party. C) About. D) Nathan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 23. The part of speech that modifies (describes) a noun or pronoun A) Pronoun. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 24. Learning (English) is very important for students. A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 25. Is sunshine a compound word? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 26. The clown on that carnival is so funny. What part of speech is funny? A) Pronoun. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Verb. E) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 27. What part of speech is the blue word?Can you please take this book to the library? A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 28. We were walking along a trail when we saw a snake. A) Noun. B) Preposition. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preposition. 29. Find the adverb:I did so well on my test, that my mom bought me a new sweater. A) Well. B) I. C) Test. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well. 30. Person, place, thing or idea. A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. E) Adjective. 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