Parts of Speech Test Review

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

• Conjunction

• Pronoun

• Noun

• Verb

Which part of speech tells location, time, movement, or position?

• Noun

• Preposition

• Adverb

• Pronoun

Which part of speech describes a verb (and typically ends in -ly)?

• Conjunction

• Adjective

• Pronoun

• Adverb

Which part of speech shows an exclamation or interjects an emotion (if emojis could talk...)?

• Interjection

• Pronoun

• Pronoun

• Preposition

Which part of speech replaces a noun?

• Adverb

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Preposition

Which part of speech describes a noun?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

• Conjunction

Which part of speech connects phrases and clauses within a sentence (FANBOYS)?

• Adjective

• Verb

• Adverb

• Conjunction

Which part of speech shows action or a state-of-being?

• Conjunction

• Interjection

• Noun

• Verb

What part of speech is the underlined word in this excerpt of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson?

"Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal company office. Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd."

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Verb

• Preposition

What part of speech is the underlined word in this excerpt of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson?

"Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal company office. Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd."

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

• Conjunction