This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Parts Of Speech – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parts Of Speech Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the adverb in the sentence:She spoke softly to avoid waking up the baby. A) Spoke. B) Waking. C) Softly. D) Avoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Softly. 2. Choose the correct plural possessive form below. A) The girls' clubhouse is hidden under a willow tree. B) The girlses' clubhouse is hidden under a willow tree. C) The girl's clubhouse is hidden under a willow tree. D) The girls clubhouse's is hidden under a willow tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girls' clubhouse is hidden under a willow tree. 3. Select the correct form of the missing word.I don't know ..... she ran off to after class. A) Were. B) Where. C) We're. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where. 4. A word which tells about a noun. A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Preposition. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 5. What is the adjective in this sentence?The cooks made all the teachers a special dessert. A) Special. B) Made. C) Cooks. D) Dessert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Special. 6. How many NOUNS are in the sentence?She put her homework in the turn-in basket. A) 2. B) 0. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 7. Which verb makes the sentence correct?I am ..... the sheet of paper. A) Cutting. B) Cute. C) Cut. D) Cutted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting. 8. Which of the following is an example of an interjection? A) Thinks. B) Cat. C) Wow. D) Listened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wow. 9. Sam can play the guitar. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Auxiliary. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auxiliary. 10. This pasta needs a bit of salt. Identify the article in this sentence. A) This. B) A. C) Of. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 11. Which is an example of a proper noun? A) Pencil. B) Jollibee. C) Mall. D) Car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jollibee. 12. Fill in the blanks with suitable conjunction. Rama ..... hari are cousins A) And. B) But. C) Because. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 13. What does an interjection do? A) Joins words, phrases, and clauses. B) Shows excitement or emotion, generally ending in an explanation point. C) Interrupts the sequence of a sentence. D) Modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shows excitement or emotion, generally ending in an explanation point. 14. What part of speech is the bold word?Can you please take this book to the library? A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 15. The bold adjective describes which noun?The tiny puppy danced around Stacy's feet. A) Puppy. B) Stacy. C) Feet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puppy. 16. The yellow car drove by the angry, hungry kids.How many adjectives are in the sentence? A) Two. B) One. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three. 17. There were only fifty yards more. A) Adjective. B) Pronoun. C) Preposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 18. My Mathematic teacher absolutely loves Rubik games!The red word is ..... A) Pronoun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. E) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 19. What is the adjective in this sentence:A bear and a unicorn see a big tiger. A) Big. B) Bear. C) Tiger. D) Unicorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big. 20. What is the proper noun in the sentence.He was born in Italy. A) He. B) Born. C) Italy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italy. 21. Identify the noun in the sentence:The cat chased the mouse. A) Cat. B) The. C) Mouse. D) Chased. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cat. 22. Many people visit the elephant at the zoo.What part of speech is the word in blue? A) Pronoun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 23. Find out the adjective in this sentence:Adil is an innocent boy. A) Adil. B) Innocent. C) Boy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Innocent. 24. The attempt was on. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 25. What is a 'GERUND'? A) A naming word. B) An action word but not a verb; it functions as a noun. C) A word that shows action. D) A word that shows more information about a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An action word but not a verb; it functions as a noun. 26. The office is located between my class (and) the library. A) Adjective. B) Preposition. C) Adverb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunction. 27. What part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea? A) Verb. B) Interjection. C) Pronoun. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 28. A FULL STOP at the end of a sentence is an example of ..... ? A) Verb. B) Punctuation. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punctuation. 29. Identify the adjective in this sentence:The bright rainbow floated lazily to the ground. A) Bright. B) Lazily. C) Rainbow. D) Floated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bright. 30. You can add an "ing, " an "s, " or an "ed" to change the tense of these terms. A) Conjunctions. B) Prepositions. C) Pronouns. D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbs. 31. 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. 32. Identify the part of speech of the word "underneath" in the sentence: "The treasure was buried underneath the old tree." A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Preposition. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 33. A noun that names a specific person, place, thing, or idea is a called a ..... noun. A) Proper. B) Common. C) Pronoun. D) Plural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proper. 34. The directions are under that book. A) Noun. B) Preposition. C) Pronoun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronoun. 35. I think you need a history lesson to learn about Lincoln. A) Pronoun. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 36. Select examples of a verb. A) Is, are, run. B) Eat, create, hot. C) Is, are, it. D) House, home, walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is, are, run. 37. The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?A tentacle coiled around his ankles. A) Pronoun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 38. This conversation is too dull for me. A) Conjunction. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 39. I wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch yesterday. A) Adverb. B) Conjunction. C) Interjection. D) A noun. E) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjunction. 40. Bhavya is a fat girl.Name the parts of speech of the word"fat" A) Adverb. B) Preposition. C) Adjective. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 41. Because the test was easy, we succeeded and exhaled, but we still had to take it seriously. A) Interjections. B) Prepositions. C) Conjunctions. D) Adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjunctions. 42. Fill the blank with suitable preposition ..... he is suffering ..... head ache A) In. B) With. C) Of. D) From. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From. 43. Which of the following is not a preposition:by, across, under, red. A) Red. B) By. C) Across. D) Under. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red. 44. Words that are used to describe people, places, and things A) Verbs. B) Adjectives. C) Adverbs. D) Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjectives. 45. The magician performed one amazing trick after another. Identify the ADJECTIVE. A) Performed. B) Trick. C) Magician. D) Amazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazing. 46. What part of speech is her?Sally slept all night with her stuffed animal in the bed. A) Pronoun. B) Adverb. C) Conjunction. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pronoun. 47. SUMMERMy mom loves Summer flowers. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 48. Which part of speech name of a person, place, thing, or idea? A) Preposition. B) Noun. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 49. It is a part of speech that names a person, place, thing or an idea. A) Verbs. B) Adjectives. C) Adverbs. D) Nouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nouns. 50. An ADJECTIVE is: A) A word that describe a verb. B) An action or state of being. C) A person, place, thing, or idea. D) A word that describes a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word that describes a noun. 51. 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. 52. An "action" word is a ..... A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 53. Suitable verb form ..... I eat now A) Have eaten. B) Ate. C) Have been eating. D) Am eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am eating. 54. Which word is an adverb?Annie ate nearly all of the snacks in the pantry. A) Ate. B) Nearly. C) Pantry. D) Annie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nearly. 55. What part of speech is swimming. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 56. To jump, to run, to climb. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 57. 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. 58. 1-I always walk to school.Find the action Verb in this sentence. A) School. B) Walk. C) To. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walk. 59. Identify the preposition:The mice scampered across the field. A) Scampered. B) Field. C) Across. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Across. 60. The census taker knocked loudly on all the doors but nobody was home. A) Preposition. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Verb. 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