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TESOL practice Parts of Speech

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the part of speech for the word "quickly" in the sentence: "She quickly finished her homework."

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

d)

Verb

2.

What part of speech is the word "happiness" in the sentence: "Happiness is essential for a fulfilling life."?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

3.

Determine the part of speech for "because" in the sentence: "We left early because it was raining."

a)

Conjunction

b)

Preposition

c)

Interjection

d)

Adjective

4.

Identify the part of speech for "under" in the sentence: "The cat is under the table."

a)

Noun

b)

Preposition

c)

Verb

d)

Adverb

5.

What part of speech is the word "beautifully" in the sentence: "The artist painted beautifully."?

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

d)

Verb

6.

Determine the part of speech for "although" in the sentence: "Although it was cold, we went for a walk."

a)

Conjunction

b)

Preposition

c)

Noun

d)

Adjective

7.

Identify the part of speech for "jumped" in the sentence: "The dog jumped over the fence."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

8.

What part of speech is the word "sudden" in the sentence: "His resignation was sudden."?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

9.

Determine the part of speech for "and" in the sentence: "She likes apples and oranges."

a)

Conjunction

b)

Preposition

c)

Noun

d)

Adverb

10.

Identify the part of speech for "slowly" in the sentence: "The turtle moved slowly across the road."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

11.

What part of speech is the word "intelligent" in the sentence: "The student is intelligent."?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

12.

Determine the part of speech for "above" in the sentence: "The kite flew above the trees."

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Preposition

d)

Conjunction

13.

Identify the part of speech for "hers" in the sentence: "The book is hers."

a)

Noun

b)

Pronoun

c)

Verb

d)

Adjective

14.

What part of speech is the word "sing" in the sentence: "They sing beautifully."?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

15.

Determine the part of speech for "on" in the sentence: "He sat on the chair."

a)

Noun

b)

Preposition

c)

Verb

d)

Adjective

16.

Identify the part of speech for "wow" in the sentence: "Wow, that was amazing!"

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Interjection

d)

Adverb

17.

What part of speech is the word "quick" in the sentence: "He made a quick decision."?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

18.

Determine the part of speech for "if" in the sentence: "If it rains, we will stay inside."

a)

Conjunction

b)

Preposition

c)

Noun

d)

Adjective

19.

Identify the part of speech for "them" in the sentence: "The teacher gave them homework."

a)

Noun

b)

Pronoun

c)

Verb

d)

Adjective

20.

What part of speech is the word "run" in the sentence: "I need to run daily."?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

21.

What is the root word in "unhappiness"?

a)

un-

b)

happy

c)

ness

d)

happiness

22.

Which of the following is a prefix?

a)

-ful

b)

-ness

c)

pre-

d)

-ly

23.

How does the suffix "-er" change the word "teach"?

a)

Makes it an adjective

b)

Makes it a noun

c)

Makes it an adverb

d)

Makes it a verb

24.

Identify the part of speech change in "act" to "action".

a)

Verb to noun

b)

Noun to verb

c)

Adjective to noun

d)

Verb to adjective

25.

What is the meaning of the prefix "bio-" in "biology"?

a)

Life

b)

Study

c)

Earth

d)

Nature

26.

Which suffix can be added to "hope" to form an adjective?

a)

-ness

b)

-ful

c)

-ed

d)

-ing

27.

What happens to the word "beauty" when "-ful" is added?

a)

Becomes a verb

b)

Becomes an adverb

c)

Becomes an adjective

d)

Becomes a noun

28.

Which part of speech is affected by adding "-ly" to "quick"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

29.

What prefix would you add to "legal" to mean "not legal"?

a)

re-

b)

in-

c)

un-

d)

il-

30.

How does the suffix "-ment" change the verb "achieve"?

a)

Becomes a noun

b)

Becomes an adjective

c)

Becomes an adverb

d)

Becomes a verb

31.

Which of these words contains a prefix?

a)

Happiness

b)

Rebuild

c)

Teacher

d)

Quickly

32.

What is the root in the word "transportation"?

a)

trans-

b)

port

c)

-ation

d)

transport

33.

What does the suffix "-ness" do to the word "kind"?

a)

Makes it a verb

b)

Makes it a noun

c)

Makes it an adjective

d)

Makes it an adverb

34.

Which of the following is a compound word?

a)

Unhappy

b)

Playground

c)

Quickly

d)

Kindness

35.

Which suffix, when added to "create," forms a noun?

a)

-ing

b)

-ive

c)

-or

d)

-ed

36.

What is the correct prefix for "happy" to mean "not happy"?

a)

dis-

b)

pre-

c)

un-

d)

re-

37.

How does the prefix "pre-" affect the meaning of "view"?

a)

After

b)

Before

c)

During

d)

Against

38.

Which word is a derivative of the root "spect"?

a)

Respect

b)

Expect

c)

Inspect

d)

All of the above

39.

What is the meaning of the suffix "-ist" in "artist"?

a)

Relating to

b)

One who practices

c)

Small

d)

Without

40.

Which of the following changes the verb "decide" to a noun?

a)

-er

b)

-sion

c)

-able

d)

-ing

41.

In the sentence "The light was bright," what part of speech is the word "light"?

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

42.

Identify the part of speech for the word "run" in the sentence: "I will run every morning."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

43.

What is the part of speech for "fast" in the sentence: "She runs fast"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

44.

Determine the part of speech of "book" in the sentence: "I will book a flight."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

45.

In "The book is on the table," what part of speech is "book"?

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

46.

What part of speech is "present" in the sentence: "She will present her findings"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

47.

Identify the part of speech of "hard" in "This test is hard."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

48.

In "They play soccer on the field," what part of speech is "play"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

49.

Determine the part of speech of "clear" in "The sky is clear."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

50.

What part of speech is "clear" in "Please clear the table"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

51.

In the sentence "The fast car zoomed by," what part of speech is "fast"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

52.

Identify the part of speech of "light" in "Please light the candle."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

53.

Determine the part of speech of "watch" in "She will watch the movie."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

54.

What is the part of speech for "watch" in "He wore a watch on his wrist"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

55.

In "The sound was loud," what part of speech is "sound"?

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

56.

Identify the part of speech of "sound" in "They sound happy."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

57.

What part of speech is "close" in the sentence: "He will close the door"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

58.

Determine the part of speech of "close" in "The close friendship lasted years."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

59.

In "The quick fox jumped," what part of speech is "quick"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

60.

Identify the part of speech of "quick" in "He finished the task quick."

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

61.

Identify the error in the sentence: "She go to the market yesterday."

a)

Tense

b)

Subject-verb agreement

c)

Article usage

d)

Preposition usage

62.

What is the correct form of the sentence: "He don't like apples"?

a)

He didn't like apples.

b)

He doesn't likes apples.

c)

He doesn't like apples.

d)

He don't likes apples.

63.

Which part of speech is misused in the sentence: "The quickly fox jumps over the lazy dog"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

64.

Correct the error in the following sentence: "Everyone have done their homework."

a)

Everyone has done their homework.

b)

Everyone had done their homework.

c)

Everyone have done his homework.

d)

Everyone has done his homework.

65.

Identify the error in the sentence: "They was not happy with the results."

a)

Pronoun usage

b)

Tense

c)

Subject-verb agreement

d)

Article usage

66.

What is the correct form of the sentence: "There is many students in the class"?

a)

There are many students in the class.

b)

There is much students in the class.

c)

There are much students in the class.

d)

There is many student in the class.

67.

Which word is incorrectly used in the sentence: "She is more smarter than her brother"?

a)

More

b)

Smarter

c)

Than

d)

Her

68.

Correct the error in the following sentence: "He go to school every day."

a)

He goes to school every day.

b)

He going to school every day.

c)

He gone to school every day.

d)

He goed to school every day.

69.

Identify the error in the sentence: "The informations are not accurate."

a)

Plural form

b)

Subject-verb agreement

c)

Article usage

d)

Preposition usage

70.

What is the correct form of the sentence: "Neither of the answers were correct"?

a)

Neither of the answers was correct.

b)

Neither of the answer were correct.

c)

Neither of the answer was correct.

d)

Neither of the answers are correct.

71.

Which part of speech is misused in the sentence: "She sang beautiful at the concert"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

72.

Correct the error in the following sentence: "He has went to the store."

a)

He has gone to the store.

b)

He has going to the store.

c)

He has go to the store.

d)

He has goes to the store.

73.

Identify the error in the sentence: "Each of the students have a book."

a)

Pronoun usage

b)

Tense

c)

Subject-verb agreement

d)

Article usage

74.

What is the correct form of the sentence: "She is one of those who likes chocolate"?

a)

She is one of those who like chocolate.

b)

She is one of those who liking chocolate.

c)

She is one of those who liked chocolate.

d)

She is one of those who likes chocolates.

75.

Which word is incorrectly used in the sentence: "They was walking to the park"?

a)

They

b)

Was

c)

Walking

d)

Park

76.

Correct the error in the following sentence: "The criteria is too strict."

a)

The criteria are too strict.

b)

The criterion is too strict.

c)

The criterias are too strict.

d)

The criterias is too strict.

77.

Identify the error in the sentence: "He don't has a car."

a)

Tense

b)

Subject-verb agreement

c)

Auxiliary verb usage

d)

Article usage

78.

What is the correct form of the sentence: "If I was you, I would apologize."

a)

If I were you, I would apologize.

b)

If I was you, I would apologized.

c)

If I were you, I would apologized.

d)

If I was you, I would apologizes.

79.

Which part of speech is misused in the sentence: "The cake smells wonderfully"?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

80.

Correct the error in the following sentence: "She quickly writes the letter."

a)

She quick writes the letter.

b)

She quickly write the letter.

c)

She quick writing the letter.

d)

She writes the letter quickly.