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Parts of Speech, high school

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This part of speech describes a noun.

a)

Pronoun

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

d)

Preposition

2.

This part of speech joins clauses together.

a)

Noun

b)

Adverb

c)

Conjunction

d)

Preposition

3.

This part of speech always goes before a noun.

a)

Pronoun

b)

Adjective

c)

Verb

d)

Article

4.

This part of speech modifies an adjective.

a)

Preposition

b)

Article

c)

Transitive Verb

d)

Adverb

5.

'School' is what kind of noun.

a)

Person

b)

Place

c)

Thing

d)

Idea

6.

'Wonder' is which type of noun

a)

Person

b)

Place

c)

Thing

d)

Idea

7.

What type of verb does not change spelling in the past tense?

a)

Helping Verb

b)

Intransitive Verb

c)

Regular Verb

d)

Predicate

8.

What is a direct object?

a)

A noun that takes the action of the subject

b)

A type of indefinite pronoun

c)

The noun that the sentence is about

d)

It is the subject of the sentence

9.

What is the predicate in a sentence.

a)

It is a verb that does not take a direct object

b)

It is the noun that the sentence is about

c)

It shows time and tense in a sentence

d)

It is the verb that tells what the subject is doing

10.

Which one of the following words is not a preposition?

a)

Over

b)

Through

c)

Because

d)

To

11.

Which of the following is not a function of an adjective?

a)

To show how something feels

b)

To show how many of the something there is

c)

To describe the extent of an action

d)

To describe how big of a headache you have

12.

Which of the following words is not an adverb?

a)

Fell

b)

Often

c)

Well

d)

Quickly

13.

What is the antecedent of a pronoun?

a)

It is the verb that shows action in a sentence

b)

It is the noun that the pronoun replaced

c)

It is a gender specific pronoun

d)

It is a noun that names a specific person, place, thing, or idea

14.

Which of the following words is NOT a conjunction?

a)

Or

b)

So

c)

And

d)

To

15.

Which of the following words is an adjective?

a)

To

b)

Too

c)

Two

d)

None of the above

16.

Which of the following words is a preposition?

a)

To

b)

Too

c)

Two

d)

None of the above

17.

Which of the following is an irregular verb?

a)

To Walk

b)

To Stand

c)

To Jump

d)

To Laugh

18.

Which of the following sentences has a helping verb.

a)

I like to go to the store.

b)

I want to be a fireman someday.

c)

The dog is sitting patiently.

d)

My aunt Edna is not a nice person.