Parts of Speech Pre-Test

Which of the following is a noun? You can pick more than one answer.

• Table

• Runner

• Christmas

• Cutting

Answer explanation

All three are people, places, or things. Cutting is a verb.

Which of the following is a verb? You may choose more than one answer.

• is, am, was, were are, be, being, been

• run

• breathe

• exist

Answer explanation

All of them are verbs! They are all things we can "do."

Which of the following are adjectives? You can choose more than one.

• slowly

• stupid

• soft

• softly

Answer explanation

Slowly and softly are adverbs.

Which of the following are adverbs? You can choose more than one.

• carefully

• careful

• obnoxious

• adorable

Answer explanation

The rest are adjectives.

Which of the following are prepositions?

• up

• down

• over

• under

Answer explanation

They are all words that describe something's location in relation to something else.

This part of speech describes an action.

• Verb
• Adverb
• Conjuntion
• Preposition

What part of speech is the highlighted word?

They attended the concert last weekend.

• pronoun
• adjective
• verb
• noun

What part of speech is the highlighted word?
Yoda spoke about the dangers of the Dark Side to young Luke Skywalker

• Noun
• Verb
• Adverb
• Pronouns

What is the noun in this sentence?

The sisters are happy.

• The

• sisters

• are

• happy

The truck driver delivered the packages quickly.

• interjection

• adverb

• adjective

• verb

• noun