Parts of Speech Quiz

What is a verb?

• Describes a person, place, thing, or idea

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• An action or state of being

• It takes the place of a noun

• Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is a noun?

• Describes a person, place, thing, or idea

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• An action or state of being

• It takes the place of a noun

• Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

What is an adjective?

• Describes a person, place, thing, or idea

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• An action or state of being

• It takes the place of a noun

• Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.K.5B

What is the purpose of a pronoun?

• It takes the place of a verb.

• It describes a noun.

• It helps to define nouns.

• It takes the place of a noun.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Identify all the nouns in this sentence:

She took many books home.

• books

• took

• home

• many

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1B

What is the adverb in the sentence?
The astronaut easily fixed the problem.

• fixed
• problem
• easily
• the

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the preposition?
You should finish the test within the hour.

• should
• hour
• test
• within

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Aww! That's so cute.

• Conjunction
• Interjection

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

Identify all of the adjectives.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

• lazy

• brown

• quick

• fox

• dog

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

Identify the verb.

We sailed carefully into the dangerous waves.

• sailed

• we

• carefully

• dangerous

• waves

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6