Parts of Speech

Which of the following words is a noun?

• Homework

• Puzzled

• Wrote

• Difficult

An action word is another term for a(n):

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

In the sentence, "Miss Hochradel assigned 10 essays for homework," what is the verb?

• Essays

• Homework

• Miss Hochradel

• Assigned

What is the relationship between nouns and adjectives?

• There is no relationship between the two.

• Adjectives describe nouns.

• Adjective describe actions.

• Nouns describe adjectives.

In the sentence, "The brown dog ran quickly down the street," what is the adjective?

• Ran

• Quickly

• Brown

• Dog

In the sentence, "The girl walked slowly down the hallway," what part of speech is the word "slowly?"

• Verb

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

What is the adverb in the sentence?
The lonely dog looked hungrily at his empty food bowl.

• Lonely

• Dog

• Hungrily

• Empty

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas.

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Adjectives

In the sentence, "We decided to study together for the upcoming science test," what is the pronoun?

• Upcoming

• Study

• Test

• We

In the sentence, "They attended the country concert last week," what is the verb?

• They

• Attended

• Concert

• Country