Parts of Speech quiz
Learn and practice identifying the eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, articles, and interjections.
Questions
Which word is not an adjective: cold, ten, black, itchy, above, nine, pretty
- black
- itchy
- ten
- above
The 3 articles are:
- a, an, nor
- a, an, so
- a, an, the
- a, the, or
Which word is an adverb? Sam quickly swam up the dam to catch the ram.
- swam
- dam
- catch
- quickly
Choose the common noun from the words below.
- teacher
- quickly
- happily
- Dr. Seuss
The 3 most common conjunctions are:
- and, nor, or
- but, or, yet
- and, but, or
- for, or, so
Which word is not a preposition from the words below?
- around
- dirty
- through
- under
Name the interjection in the sentence. Bill said, "Help! I need some water."
- Bill
- need
- water
- None of the answers
Which word is a noun from the words below?
- octopus
- sticky
- sleeping
- over
I will be surfing on Saturday under the clear blue sky. Which verb tense is this?
- Past
- Present
- Future
- None of the answers
Name the prepositional phrase in the sentence: He likes to eat pasta under the table.
- likes
- under
- under the table
- likes to eat
She ate two pancakes, three cupcakes, and five grapes for breakfast. Name the verb.
- She
- two
- ate
- breakfast
There is ____ enormous elephant sitting on my lap. What article makes the sentence correct?
- the
- an
- a
- None of the answers
I ran to the kitchen to drink some water. What word/s is/are a verb?
- ran
- drink
- ran/drink
- ran/water
Which word does NOT belong with the other conjunctions?
- for
- and
- but
- like
This is a black cat. What part of speech is black?
- conjunction
- adjective
- adverb
- noun
An adverb describes a _____________.
- noun
- adjective
- conjunction
- verb
A person, place, and thing is called a ___________.
- adverb
- verb
- noun
- article