Parts of Speech Quiz

Define a Noun

• An action
• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that introduces a prepositional phrase

• Connects two grammatical items together

Define a verb

• An action
• A person, place, thing, or idea
• An emotional word that interrupts a sentence

• A word that takes the place of a noun

He throws the ball. He is what part of speech?

• Noun
• Verb
• Preposition
• Pronoun

Which of the following is not a form of a pronoun?

• He
• Who
• Him
• The

The school smells funny. What part of speech is funny?

• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb

What is the PRONOUN in the following sentence?

Whenever she can, Paula wakes before sunrise.

• Whenever

• she

• can

• Paula

• before

What is the NOUN in the following sentence:

Do you like hot, humid weather?

• Do

• you

• hot

• weather

What is a verb in the following sentence:

Trees take water in through their roots.

• take

• water

• from

• their

• roots

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word:

She watched the artist carefully.

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• noun

• pronoun

Identify the part of speech of the underlined words:

She slowly turns the heavy wheel with her foot.

• prepositions

• pronouns

• nouns

• adverbs

• adjectives