This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Verbs Or Nouns – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbs Or Nouns Quiz 18 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... to Italy. (be-present perfect). A) Has never been. B) Will be. C) Be. D) Have never been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have never been. 2. What kind of words are nouns? A) Person, place and things. B) Describing words. C) Action words. D) Words that are spelled wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person, place and things. 3. What is the root word of 'horrify' before the suffix 'FY' is added? A) Horrendous. B) Horror. C) Horrible. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horror. 4. "I was looking through the old pictures when my mother called me for dinner. "The verbs "was looking" is in what tense? A) Past Perfect. B) Present Perfect. C) Past Progressive. D) Present Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Progressive. 5. Which of these words are nouns? The cat ran away. A) The. B) Cat. C) Ran. D) Away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat. 6. Verbs are actions.Which of the following is NOT a verb? A) Sleep. B) Dreaming. C) Blue. D) Drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blue. 7. What are the nouns in this sentence? Our family owns a house in the country. A) Family, house. B) Our, family, house. C) Family, house, country. D) Our, country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family, house, country. 8. You are working very hard on this material. A) Action verb. B) Helping verb. C) Linking verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping verb. 9. This type of verb can be hidden in sentences, have more than one, and sentences won't make sense without them. A) Linking. B) Action. C) Helping or helper. D) Intransitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helping or helper. 10. Which of the following is an example of THEME? A) Carry your laptops with two hands at all times. B) Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat. C) You can severely break your leg while crossing the street. D) Life is short; make the most of it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life is short; make the most of it. 11. Choose the pronoun that would take the place of the word or words that are underlined.Peter and Susan went to talk to the Professor (who was a man). A) Him. B) Her. C) Them. D) It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Him. 12. What is the linking verb? The boy was silly at recess. A) Was. B) Boy. C) Silly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. The Georgia Bulldogs were extremely distressed after facing the Crimson Tide. A) Distressed. B) After. C) Extremely. D) Bulldogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extremely. 14. What suffix could you add to 'hyphen' to make it a verb? A) ~ ise. B) ~ ate. C) ~ ify. D) ~ ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ~ ate. 15. 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) Excited, action. B) Big, linking. C) On, linking. D) Was, linking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was, linking. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Put the correct adjective:He is a ..... student. A) Girl. B) Boy. C) Clever. D) Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clever. 19. An adjective is a word that describes. Which word in the sentence is an adjective? We saw the pretty sunset. A) We. B) Saw. C) The. D) Pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pretty. 20. Which word is the action verb? Tristan held a new puppy last Saturday. A) Held. B) Saturday. C) Tristan. D) Puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Held. 21. Now categorize the word "iPad" in the correct categories: A) Proper-concrete. B) Proper-abstract. C) Common-concrete. D) Common-abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proper-concrete. 22. The little boy walked hastily to the large supermarket. (Select the verb.) A) Walked. B) Hastily. C) Large. D) Little. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked. 23. Suddenly the engine started, and the train slowly chugged forward. A) Suddenly, started. B) Suddenly, slowly. C) Chugged, forward. D) Engine, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suddenly, slowly. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books