This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Parts Of Speech – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parts Of Speech Quiz 40 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cheese A) Noun. B) Pronoun. C) Adverd. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 2. What part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses? A) Conjunction. B) Preposition. C) Interjection. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunction. 3. The word 'favorite' is ..... A) A verb. B) A noun. C) An adverb. D) An adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An adjective. 4. Is 'and' a conjunction or an interjection? A) Conjunction. B) Noun. C) Interjection. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjunction. 5. A contest awhile back called for people to speculate what would be the best device to hook up to the Internet. In this sentence the word speculate most likely means ..... A) To ignore. B) To look at and think about something. C) To dismiss. D) To deny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To look at and think about something. 6. What is the verb phrase in this sentence?The 5th grade students were studying Parts of Speech. A) Ms. Havel's. B) Students. C) Studying. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were studying. 7. Identify the part of speech for the word 'quick' in the sentence:'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.' A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 8. Find the noun word from this sentence. '' I am a teacher" . A) I. B) Am. C) A. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teacher. 9. Read the sentence below. Name the verb.The brown dog barked loudly. A) Dog. B) Barked. C) Loudly. D) Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barked. 10. Identify the adjectives in the sentence:She has five kittens and she loves their soft fur a lot. A) Fur. B) Soft, fur. C) Soft, five. D) Loves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soft, five. 11. Which part of speech represents people, places, things, or ideas? A) Nouns. B) Adverbs. C) Verbs. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nouns. 12. Identify the adjective in the sentence.The wet snow covered the mountain. A) Wet. B) Snow. C) Covered. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wet. 13. I hear rustling sound now. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 14. It is a part of speech which expresses action or being. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 15. Which word in this sentence is an adjective?The tall girl sat on the chair. A) Sat. B) Girl. C) Chair. D) Tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall. 16. I asked my Biology teacher what I should do to save it. A) Conjunction. B) Pronoun. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pronoun. 17. Which part of speech answers questions such as how, when, where, and to what extent? A) Adjectives. B) Nouns. C) Verbs. D) Adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adverbs. 18. He (runs) every morning to keep the healthy. A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Preposition. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 19. A word used to describe a location, time, place or show directions. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. E) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preposition. 20. Which of the following group of words is not a conjunction?and, while, went, because A) Because. B) While. C) And. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 21. I like sweet and chewy caramel. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Conjunction. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 22. A word that often takes the place of a noun is called a: A) Verb. B) Conjunction. C) Adverb. D) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronoun. 23. ..... are used to express feelings such as joy, anger, sorrow, surprise etc. A) Conjunction. B) Interjection. C) Preposition. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interjection. 24. Analyze the sentence structure:'After the rain, the sun came out.' What is the main clause? A) The sun was shining. B) The rain stopped. C) After the rain. D) The sun came out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun came out. 25. Which part of speech modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs? A) Nouns. B) Verbs. C) Adverbs. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbs. 26. A word that takes the place of a noun or nouns A) Adverb. B) Adjectives. C) Pronoun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pronoun. 27. The words "Wow!" and "Ouch!" are examples of: A) Conjunctions. B) Pronouns. C) Prepositions. D) Interjections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interjections. 28. ..... is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. A) Pronoun. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 29. What is word that shows action? A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. E) Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 30. THINKPlease think about each question before you answer. A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar 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 8Parts Of Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books