Assessment on Parts of Speech

Which of the following words is a noun?

• Quickly

• Willingly

• Lively

• Synergy

Identify the pronoun in the sentence: "Sheila gave me her book."

• gave

• me

• her

• book

Which of the following is a verb in its base form?

• Landed

• Singing

• To swim

• Talked

Select the adverb in the sentence: "The car moved slowly down the street."

• Car

• moved

• slowly

• street

What part of speech is the word "not" in the sentence: "I did not eat lunch today."

Answer explanation

Adverb - because it is adding meaning to the verb

Identify the interjection in the sentence: "Wow, that was impressive!" a) b) c) d)

• that

• was

• impressive

• Wow

Which of the following words is a conjunction? a) After b) Where c) Over d) Like

(a)  

What part of speech is the word "every" in the sentence: "Every student must complete the assignment."

• Pronoun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

Select the preposition in the sentence: "He walked through the park to reach the museum."

• through

• reach

• the

• walked

Identify the adjective in the sentence: "The red car drove by quickly."

• red

• car

• drove

• quickly