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Parts of Speech Quiz for 6th Grade

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word in the following sentence is a noun? "The cat jumped over the fence."

a)

jumped

b)

cat

c)

over

d)

the

2.

Identify the verb in the sentence below: "She quickly finished her homework."

a)

quickly

b)

finished

c)

her

d)

homework

3.

Which word in the sentence is an adjective? "The tall boy ran across the field."

a)

boy

b)

ran

c)

tall

d)

field

4.

Select the pronoun in the following sentence: "After lunch, they went to the park."

a)

lunch

b)

went

c)

they

d)

park

5.

Which word is an adverb in the sentence below? "Tom spoke softly to his friend."

a)

Tom

b)

softly

c)

friend

d)

spoke

6.

Identify the preposition in the sentence: "The book is under the table."

a)

book

b)

under

c)

table

d)

is

7.

Which part of the sentence is the complete subject?

"Sarah and Mike are playing chess."

a)

Sarah

b)

Mike

c)

Sarah and Mike

d)

chess

8.

Choose the interjection in the sentence: "Wow! That was an amazing performance."

a)

amazing

b)

performance

c)

Wow

d)

was

9.

Which word is a pronoun in the sentence below? "Did you see the new movie?"

a)

see

b)

movie

c)

you

d)

new

10.

Identify the adjective in the following sentence: "The red car sped down the street."

a)

car

b)

red

c)

street

d)

sped

11.

Which word is a verb in the sentence below? "Birds sing in the morning."

a)

Birds

b)

sing

c)

morning

d)

in

12.

Select the preposition in the sentence: "The dog ran beside its owner."

a)

dog

b)

beside

c)

owner

d)

ran

13.

What is the verb in the sentence below?
Percy collected many fine seashells.

a)
many
b)
Percy
c)
collected
d)
seashells
14.
Batman brings justice to Gotham City.
a)
Adverb
b)
Verb
15.
What is the verb in the sentence below?
Phillip reads a few pages everyday.
a)
Phillip
b)
reads
c)
pages
d)
every
16.

On Saturdays I work at home from nine to five.

a)

verb

b)

preposition

c)

adverb

17.
Choose the sentence where the verb is in blue. 
a)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
b)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
c)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice cream cone. 
d)
Aisha suddenly dropped her delicious ice ream cone. 
18.
Which part of speech expresses action or a state of being?
a)
adverb
b)
interjection
c)
preposition
d)
verb
19.

Identify the underlined word. The waiter overcharged me for my meal.

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

noun

d)

verb

20.

Identify the simple subject in the sentence below:

The talented gymnast won the competition.

a)

The talented gymnast won

b)

The talented gymnast

c)

gymnast

d)

competition