Parts of Speech Quiz

The definition of a noun is

• a person, place, or thing

• a concept or idea

• something experienced through the five senses

• a person, place, thing, or idea

Proper nouns are ...

• general and not capitalized

• physical things that can be experienced through the five senses

• specific things and are capitalized

• thoughts, feelings, or ideas

Action verbs are ...

• also called linking verbs

• express physical or mental actions

• connects the subject of a sentence to an adjective or noun

• used only when there is movement

Which is NOT an example of verbs of being?

• am, is, are

• was, were

• giggle, laugh

• be, been

What is the best definition of a simple subject?

• the main word or words in the subject plus all of the modifiers

• the adjectives or articles that describe the subject

• the noun or pronoun-based part of the sentence that performs the verb

• the word that shows the action or state of being in a sentence

What is the complete subject in the following sentence?

The frightened elderly woman stayed in her house all day.

• frightened elderly woman

• The frightened elderly woman

• stayed

• stayed in her house

What is the complete predicate of the following sentence? The daring teenagers ran quickly through the forest.

• The daring teenagers

• daring teenagers

• ran quickly

• ran quickly through the forest

What type of noun generally names a person, place, thing, or idea and is not capitalized?

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

What do adjectives modify or desribe?

• nouns, pronouns, or verbs

• nouns, pronouns, or other adjectives

• nouns, pronous, or adverbs

• nouns or pronouns

Adjectives answer the following questions:

• How many?

• How many or how much?

• How many? How much? Which one? What kind?

• How many? How much? What kind?