Parts of Speech Test Study Questions

Which part of speech is a person, place or thing?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Which part of speech is a describing word?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Which part of speech is an action word?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

A ________________ noun is an everyday object, person, place or thing.

Ex. pencil, desk, dog, baby

A __________________ replaces a noun in a sentence to make it less repetitive.

Ex. you, his, their, we, them

A _________________ noun always starts with a capital letter. These name a person, place or thing.

(hint: these are the fancy pants nouns!)

Ex. Target, Miss B, James, West Seneca

A ______________ describes a noun in a sentence.

Ex. yellow, short, funny, fast

A _____________ is an action that a noun can do

Ex. jumps, sleep, ran, skipping

"kitten" is an example of which type of noun

• Common

• Proper

• Pronoun

"desk" is an example of which type of noun?

• Common

• Proper

• Pronoun