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Parts of speech review (all 8)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the 2 NOUNS in this sentence:  "When did Michael Jordan join the Chicago Bulls?"

a)

when

b)

Michael Jordan

c)

join

d)

Chicago Bulls 

2.

Which is NOT a NOUN:  "Dad prefers basketball to baseball." 

a)
prefers 
b)

baseball

c)
Dad
d)

basketball 

3.
Identify the VERB in this sentence:
"Edgar Allan Poe wrote poems and stories." 
a)
wrote 
b)
Edgar Allan Poe 
c)
stories
d)
poems and stories 
4.

Check both: Identify the VERBS in this sentence: "Find and name the capital of your state." 

a)

name

b)
find 
c)

capital

d)
state 
5.

Check both: Identify the PRONOUNS in this sentence: "They awarded her the prize."

a)
prize 
b)
awarded 
c)
they 
d)

her 

6.

Check both: Identify the PRONOUNS in this sentence: "He and she found it on the beach."

a)

he

b)
she 
c)
found 
d)
beach 
7.

Check both: Identify the ADJECTIVES in this sentence:  "Lazy people often lead dull lives."

a)
people 
b)
lives 
c)

dull

d)
lazy 
8.

Check all that apply: Identify the 3 ADJECTIVES in this sentence: "Three broken dishes lay on the dirty floor." 

a)
lay 
b)

three

c)

broken

d)

dirty

9.
Identify the ADVERB in this sentence:
"Susan B. Anthony fought tirelessly for women's voting rights."
a)
tirelessly 
b)
fought 
c)
Susan B. Anthony 
d)
voting 
10.
Identify the ADVERB in this sentence: 
"Have you ever seen that movie anywhere?" 
a)
seen 
b)
you 
c)
anywhere 
d)
have 
11.
Identify the PREPOSITION in this sentence:
"The library is located just around the corner." 
a)
located 
b)
around 
c)
library
d)
just 
12.
Identify the PREPOSITION in this sentence:
"The puppy was hiding under the blankets." 
a)
blankets 
b)
puppy 
c)
hiding 
d)
under 
13.
Identify the CONJUNCTION in this sentence:
"My friend has a cell phone, but I don't want one." 
a)
has 
b)
but 
c)
don't 
d)
want 
14.
Identify the CONJUNCTION in this sentence: 
"We hiked or sat in the sun all day." 
a)
We 
b)
sat
c)
day 
d)
or 
15.
Identify the INTERJECTION in this sentence: 
"Good grief! My favorite restaurant has closed." 
a)
good grief
b)
restaurant 
c)
favorite 
d)
closed 
16.
Identify the INTERJECTION in this sentence:
"Hey! I told you to stop running." 
a)
you 
b)
stop
c)
hey 
d)
told 
17.
What is a conjunction? 
a)
joins together two sentences
b)
person, place, thing, idea
c)
action word
d)
tells location 
18.
What is a pronoun? 
a)
tells location 
b)
describes a verb 
c)
joins two sentences together 
d)
replaces a noun 
19.

Chris buttered his toast ON the cutting board so the counter would remain clean.

ON is a .........

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

conjunction

d)

preposition

20.
Identify the preposition in this sentence:
"You need to go over the bride to get to the park." 
a)
park
b)
bridge 
c)
go
d)
over 
21.

What are most verbs?

a)
person, place, thing, idea 
b)
replaces a noun
c)

action words 

d)
tells location 
22.
What is a preposition? 
a)
combines two sentences 
b)
describes a noun
c)

tells location/relation between 2 nouns

d)
replaces a noun 
23.

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:


The pencil fell under the desk.

a)

the pencil

b)

fell under the desk

c)

under the desk

d)

the desk

24.
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 
Above the trees flew a beautiful bald eagle. 
a)
flew a beautiful
b)
bald eagle
c)
above the trees
d)
above the trees flew a beautiful
25.

Which form of grandfather is correct? My _____ farm has five different kinds of animals.

a)

grandfathers

b)

grandfather's

c)

grandfathers'

d)

grandfathers's

26.

Which form of pony fits the sentence: We braid the ___ manes to keep them from getting tangled.

a)

ponies

b)

ponies'

c)

ponies's

d)

ponie's

27.
You will enjoy this book about inventions.
a)
past
b)
present
c)
future
28.
In the past, people invented steam engines.
a)
past
b)
present
c)
future
29.
What is the future tense form of smile?
a)
will smile
b)
is smiling
c)
smiled
30.
What tense means right now?
a)
past
b)
present
c)
future
d)
none of the above
31.

Julie wasn't at home. She had __________ (go) to shops

a)

went

b)

was

c)

gone

d)

go

32.

They have __________ (begin) painting the living room.

a)

begun

b)

begin

c)

began

33.

We have __________ (keep) this secret for three years.

a)

keep

b)

kept

c)

keeped

34.
Are all proper nouns capitalized?
a)
Yes
b)
No
35.
My school is the best school around. Is there a Proper Noun in this sentence?
a)
No
b)
Yes
36.
Which sentence is written correctly?
a)
It rained a lot in March.
b)
Barbara knows how to speak chinese.
c)
The Dog swam in lake pleasant. 
d)
The children picked up Trash on the field. 
37.
Holidays such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween are examples of what type of noun?
a)
Common
b)
Proper
38.
What type of noun is the one in red?
When Michael was a baby, his family moved to North Carolina.
a)
common noun
b)
proper noun
39.

Many people think dolphins and porpoises are fish this is simply not true.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

c)

Run on

40.
She noticed the falling star.
a)
Sentence
b)
Fragment
c)
Run on
41.

The bouncing beach ball.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

c)

Run on

42.

Since Captain America inspires other heroes.

a)

fragment

b)

run-on

c)

sentence

43.

Iron Man's real name is Tony Stark Hulk's real name is Dr. Banner.

a)

fragment

b)

run-on

c)

sentence

44.

A young lady in our church choir.

a)

Fragment

b)

Sentence

45.
A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are connected improperly. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Fragment
46.
A ________ occurs when a sentence is missing a subject or a predicate. 
a)
Run-on
b)
Fragment
47.
An easy way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into smaller sentences using a ________.
a)
Period
b)
Comma
c)
Semicolon
d)
Question Mark
48.

Check both: A complete sentence has a _______ and a ______. 

a)

Subject (noun or pronoun)

b)

adjective

c)

predicate (verb)

d)

preposition

49.

Most adverbs end in ____

a)

"ly"

b)

"ed"

c)

"ing"

d)

"ies"

50.

The pronoun "I" should ALWAYS be capitalized?

a)

True

b)

False