parts of speech

parts of speech

Secondary school revision for year 7 and/or 9 NAPLAN or Language Tests.

Multiple Choice

Parts of speech refers to a group of words which...

• tell you the tense of a sentence

• show you how many things are involved

• tell you whether a sentence is in 1st, 2nd or 3rd person

• All of these answers!

Multiple Choice

Which one of these is NOT a part of speech?

• Noun

• apostrophe

• Verb

• determiner

Multiple Select

Identify the nouns:

• identification

• person

• Sydney

• emotional

Multiple Select

Identify the 'visual verbs':

Multiple Select

Identify the adjectives:

• dressed

• orange

• dark

• funny

Multiple Select

Which of these are determiners?

• the

• on

• an

• a

Multiple Choice

Which one of these is an interjection?

• Hark!

• Stop at the red light.

• You must stop.

• Don't interrupt me.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a list of subordinate conjunctions?

• Which, while, because

• less, few, fewer

• join, combine, together

• for, and, yet

Multiple Choice

Identify the correct definition of a preposition

• the word before a directional adjective like northerly.

• a word before a noun which expresses relationship with another word or element of the sentence.

• a fancy word for powerful titles like "Queen..."

• the nouns which need capital letters

Multiple Choice

Which definition could be used for adverb:

• a word that adds value to the verb in the sentence.

• another verb in the sentence.

• the word after the verb in the sentence

• a word advertising the verb in the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Is the following True or False:

Identifying the verb in the sentence helps you find the subject.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False

EVERY sentence MUST have a verb to be grammatically correct.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Year 9 NAPLAN question.

Which of the following include a gerund?

• Do you mind my asking you?

• The running was hot today.

• The stealing of those keys was the worst thing to happen.

• ALL of the above