This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verbs Or Nouns – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the verb and what type of verb it is in the following sentence:The team was very excited about the big game on Friday. A) Was, linking. B) Big, linking. C) On, linking. D) Excited, action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, linking. 2. Which type of verb is used in this sentence? "The chicken soup is very tasty." A) Linking. B) Helping. C) Action. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linking. 3. What is the difference between a noun and a compound noun? A noun is a word or set of words for a person, place, thing, or idea. A noun of more than one word (tennis court, gas station) is called a compound noun. A) They are the same thing. B) A noun has more than one word. C) A compound noun has more than one word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A compound noun has more than one word. 4. Put the correct adjective:He is a ..... student. A) Clever. B) Girl. C) Boy. D) Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clever. 5. An adjective is a word that describes. Which word in the sentence is an adjective? We saw the pretty sunset. A) We. B) Pretty. C) The. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pretty. 6. Which word is the action verb? Tristan held a new puppy last Saturday. A) Tristan. B) Puppy. C) Held. D) Saturday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Held. 7. Now categorize the word "iPad" in the correct categories: A) Proper-concrete. B) Common-abstract. C) Common-concrete. D) Proper-abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proper-concrete. 8. The little boy walked hastily to the large supermarket. (Select the verb.) A) Large. B) Little. C) Walked. D) Hastily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. 9. Suddenly the engine started, and the train slowly chugged forward. A) Suddenly, slowly. B) Suddenly, started. C) Chugged, forward. D) Engine, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suddenly, slowly. 10. What is the purpose of a linking verb? A) A linking verb is the type of verb that tries to find a friend to link to. B) A linking verb is the type of verb that shows an action. C) A linking verb is a useless word that has no purpose at all. D) A linking verb links the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that describes the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A linking verb links the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that describes the subject. 11. Is the word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN? ? Leroy and Jenna walked up to an old castle. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 12. Which best identifies the blue noun in the following sentence? We want fairness for the kids! A) Abstract. B) Proper. C) Concrete. D) Common. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstract. 13. We thought the play was fantastic! A) Fantastic. B) Play. C) We. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantastic. 14. Is the underlined word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN? ? The dog ran across the street to chase the cat. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 15. An adjective ..... a noun. A) Describes. B) Adds action to. C) Is a person place or thing of. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describes. 16. Mrs. Parker ..... already ..... Chicago before I got there. (leave-past perfect) A) Left. B) Will have left. C) Has leave. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left. 17. What is the subject of the sentence? Her assistant organized the files in the cabinet. A) Her. B) Assistant. C) Files. D) Organized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assistant. 18. Mrs. Sykes is too clever and resourceful to stay behind bars for long. A) Resourceful. B) Clever. C) Keep. D) Too. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Too. 19. How much fabric will it take to make the curtains? What part of speech is the word fabric? A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 20. Identify the part of speech of the word in red. Michael plays football after school. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 21. Select which answer is true for a main idea. A main idea ..... A) Is what the story is mostly about. B) Will never use characters' names. C) Is a lesson from the story. D) Is the story's message. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is what the story is mostly about. 22. What is the tense of the verbs in the sentence? My sister ate all of the candy then she drank all of the juice. A) Past. B) Present. C) Future. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past. 23. Identify the adverb.We sailed carefully into the dangerous waves. A) Carefully. B) Waves. C) Sailed. D) We. E) Dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carefully. 24. What happens to 'pure + ify' in order to make it a verb? A) Purify. B) Purity. C) Pureify. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Purify. 25. Which type of noun should always be capitalized? A) Common. B) Pronoun. C) Important. D) Proper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proper. 26. According to the constitution, every American has the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit if happiness. "The highlighted word above is a ..... noun. A) Concrete. B) Abstract. C) Proper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abstract. 27. This is a ..... for all the team-they did great work! A) Turnover. B) Tip-off. C) Shout-out. D) Show-off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shout-out. 28. Would you go into the dark and dismal woods? A) You. B) Would. C) Dark. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark. 29. Many children ..... active in sports. A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 30. What is the collective noun in the sentence below:Megan laughed at the pod of dolphins jumping the waves. A) Megan. B) Waves. C) Pod. D) Dolphins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pod. 31. What tense is the following verb? had trained A) Present perfect. B) Past perfect. C) Present. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect. 32. This is the part of speech you NEVER use in formal writing A) Nouns. B) Personal Nouns. C) Personal Pronouns (1st or 2nd person). D) Verbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal Pronouns (1st or 2nd person). 33. Find the noun:The man is happy. A) The. B) Man. C) Happy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man. 34. Pick the correct verb for the sentence:In June, our class ..... a final exam in math and science. A) Took. B) Will take. C) Takes. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will take. 35. Which word in the sentence is an adjective? "The truck rumbled down the narrow street." A) Narrow. B) Rumbled. C) Truck. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrow. 36. What part of speech is the blue word? The children happily played on the huge red toy. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 37. Is the underlined word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN? ? Chayse has five brothers and sisters. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 38. The quarterback threw the football perfectly .What part of speech is the word perfectly? A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb. 39. Which word is a noun that names a person in the sentence below? Teanna can run fast. A) Teanna. B) Run. C) Fast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teanna. 40. Chinese authorities are worried about an ..... of the coronavirus. A) Outburst. B) Outset. C) Outbreak. D) Outcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outbreak. 41. Tom went to the store.Which is an example of a noun in this sentence? A) Went. B) To. C) Store. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Store. 42. What are the nouns in the following sentence? :My dog takes over the bed and steals the blanket. A) Dog, bed, blanket. B) Takes, steals. C) My dog. D) Bed, takes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog, bed, blanket. 43. Which suffix should be added to rob to make it a noun? A) Robber. B) Robbed. C) Robbing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robber. 44. What is the adverb in the sentence? Suddenly, we heard a familiar sound. A) Sound. B) Familiar. C) Heard. D) Suddenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suddenly. 45. Which word below is a compound noun? A) Television. B) Lifetime. C) River. D) Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lifetime. 46. What is the subject of this sentence? The turtle is swimming in the ocean. A) Turtle. B) Is swimming. C) In. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turtle. 47. Which word is the action verb? Emma ate spaghetti for supper. A) Emma. B) Supper. C) Spaghetti. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ate. 48. Choose the pronoun that correctly replaces the red word or words.Dylan took his muddy boots off by the door. A) It. B) Us. C) Them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Them. 49. Identify the part of speech of the word that is underline.You are awesome! A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronoun. 50. How do you find the subject of a sentence? A) Find the verb first, then ask who or what performed the verb. B) Find the noun first, then ask what is he, she, or it doing. C) Find the helping verb, and the phrasal verb in a sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Find the verb first, then ask who or what performed the verb. 51. Find the verb in the sentence.Once, we lost our parakeet. A) Once. B) Lost. C) We. D) Parakeet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lost. 52. What type of verb sentence is this: "Jason became a business major." ? A) Action verb. B) Linking verb. C) Helping verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linking verb. 53. Which of the following is the adjective in the sentence? The teacher graded the hard test. A) Hard. B) Graded. C) Test. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard. 54. I have two cars. One is a Ford and the other is a Honda.The underline words are: A) Verbs. B) Common nouns. C) Proper nouns. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proper nouns. 55. Which of the following means an action? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 56. This type of verb links the subject to more info about the subject A) Helping or helper. B) Action. C) Linking. D) Transitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linking. 57. "Tonya could want to learn how to fly a commercial jet." ? There are more than one underlined verbs in this sentence, which is the helping verb? A) Learn. B) Want to. C) To fly. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could. 58. Adjectives describe nouns.Select the adjective from this sentence:I hate eating those disgusting vegetables. A) Hate. B) Eating. C) Vegetables. D) Disgusting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disgusting. 59. Is the underlined word a VERB, ADJECTIVE, or NOUN? ? Sally watched the stars from the old park. A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 60. Find the noun:My dog ran fast. A) Fast. B) My. C) Dog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dog. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParts Of Speech QuizzesGrammar QuizzesVerbs Or Nouns Quiz 1Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 2Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 3Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 4Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 5Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 6Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 7Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books