Parts of Speech Pretest

What is a noun?

• A noun is always plural.

• A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

• A noun is a type of verb.

• A noun is a word that represents an action.

Give an example of a verb.

• jump

• run

• eat

• sleep

Provide a definition of an adjective.

• A word that describes or modifies a preposition

• A word that describes or modifies an adverb

• A word that describes or modifies a verb

• A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Can you identify an adverb in this sentence: 'She quickly ran to the store'?

• rapidly

• speedily

• quickly

• fastly

Replace the noun in the sentence 'He gave the book to Mary' with a pronoun.

• She gave it to Mary

• He gave the book to her

• The book was given to Mary by him

• He gave it to Mary

Name a conjunction that can be used to join two independent clauses.

• because

• and

• but

• or

In the sentence 'The cat is on the table', what is the preposition?

• in

• on

• under

• above

Identify the verb in the sentence 'The students are studying for the exam'.

• studying

• sleeping

• eating

• running

What is an example of an adverbial phrase?

• 'in the morning'

• during the night

• above the clouds

• under the table

Change the adjective 'big' in the sentence 'The big house' to a comparative form.

• The bigger house

• The bigly house

• The big house

• The biggest house