Grammar Quiz

Parts of Speech Quizzes


Preview 20 Quizzes about Parts of Speech

Select the word in the sentence that correctly responds to the part of speech in the brackets.

I completed the test and I was very happy with my score. (conjunction)

A. And
B. Test
C. Happy
D. Was


Find the adverb: Mom and dad love to walk in the park late at night. 

A. mom

B. dad

C. walk

D. late


What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence? Adverb or Proposition?

The boys went inside to eat dinner.
     
      A.     Adverb
      B.     Preposition


Although she gave hundreds of zucchini away, the enormous mound left over frightened her.

A. conjunction

B. verb

C. noun

D. pronoun


Chase and John hid UNDER the table during hide and seek.

A. preposition

B. conjunction

C. noun

D. verb


What is the conjuction in this sentence?

We went to bed early because we were so tired.

A. went

B. because

C. were

D. so


The staff were already waiting for us and kindly reminded us to join the field of athletes.

What part of speech is ‘field’?

A. common noun

B. collective noun

C. abstract noun

D. proper noun


Drake skipped MERRILY down the hall to his next class.

A. adjective

B. adverb

C. verb

D. preposition


An action or state of being
A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Verb
D. Adverb


Andy knocked on the door but nobody answered.

A. noun

B. adjective

C. adverb

D. conjunction


    
What part of speech expresses action or being?
     
      A.     Conjunction
      B.     Verb
      C.     Noun
      D.     Adjective


Match the underlined word to the correct part of speech.

 ‘I need a knife and a fork.’
     
      A.     Noun
      B.     Pronoun
      C.     Adjective
      D.     Adverb
      E.     Conjunction


What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?

A. Preposition
B. Adverb
C. Interjection
D. Conjunction
E. Pronoun


Stephen sarcastically commented on Luke’s dismal failure of scoring the goal.

What part of speech is ‘scoring’?

A. adverb

B. definite article

C. adjective

D. verb


Find the possessive noun. That is Sam’s book on the table.

A. Sam’s

B. table

C. book

D. Sam


The staff were already waiting for us and kindly reminded us to join the field of athletes.

What part of speech is ‘us’?

A. preposition

B. common noun

C. article

D. pronoun


Soren and Ryan drew pictures on the CHALKBOARD.

A. noun

B. preposition

C. adjective

D. adverb


They don’t go out in a boat during a severe storm.

  1. adverb
  2. preposition
  3. verb
  4. conjunction


If we finish our work quickly, we can go to the movie.

A. conjunction

B. adverb

C. preposition

D. verb


Select the word in the sentence that correctly responds to the part of speech in the brackets.

She put her pen in her pencil case. (preposition)

A. She
B. In
C. Put
D. Her


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