Parts of Speech Week 1 QUIZ: Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adverbs, and Adjectives

1. Action words are...

• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives
• adverbs
• pronouns

2. Words that describe nouns are ...

• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives
• adverbs
• pronouns

3. Words that represent people, places, things, or ideas are ...

• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives
• adverbs
• pronouns

4. Words that describe verbs are called ...

• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives
• adverbs
• pronouns

5. Words that take the place of a previously stated noun.

• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives
• adverbs
• pronouns

6. Which of the words in the following sentence are nouns: "The cute, black puppies wagged their tails happily and excitedly jumped into the boy's lap."

• happily, excitedly
• puppies, tails, lap
• cute, black, boy's
• wagged, jumped
• their

7. Which of the words in the following sentence are adverbs: "The cute, black puppies wagged their tails happily and excitedly jumped into the boy's lap."

• happily, excitedly
• puppies, tails, lap
• cute, black
• wagged, jumped
• their

8. Which of the words in the following sentence are adjectives: "The cute, black puppies wagged their tails happily and excitedly jumped into the boy's lap."

• happily, excitedly
• puppies, tails, lap
• cute, black
• wagged, jumped
• their

9. Which of the words in the following sentence are verbs: "The cute, black puppies wagged their tails happily and excitedly jumped into the boy's lap."

• happily, excitedly
• puppies, tails, lap
• cute, black
• wagged, jumped
• their

10. Which of the words in the following are pronouns: "The cute, black puppies wagged their tails happily and excitedly jumped into the boy's lap."

• happily, excitedly
• puppies, tails, lap
• cute, black
• wagged, jumped
• their