8 Parts Of Speech Practice Test! Trivia Quiz

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Are you familiar with the eight parts of speech? Interestingly, the same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next. Traditionally, in grammar, a part of speech is a category of words that possess similar grammatical variables. If you intend to understand more about the eight parts of speech, you should complete this quiz.

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1.

A verb that describes physical or mental action is called what type of verb?
2.

A noun that names a group of things is called what type of noun? It rarely ends in "s."
3.

What type of noun cannot be perceived by the senses? (love, ambition, liberty..)
4.

(She, Her) and Sara went to the store. Which is the correct pronoun to use?
- A.
  
  She
- B.
  
  Her
5.

I went camping with John and (he, him).
- A.
  
  Him
- B.
  
  He
6.

What is the verb phrase in the following sentence: They did not go running very far.
7.

What word is being described by the adverb "inside" in the following sentence?A warm fire beckoned the weary travelers inside.
8.

Prepositional phrases always begin with a _____________ and ends with noun or pronoun.
9.

Which word is only a preposition when it can be substituted with the word "except," otherwise it is a coordinating conjunction?
10.

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?I ran around the block ten times today.
11.

Mild interjections are followed by what kind of punctuation?
- A.
  
  Exclamation point
- B.
  
  Semicolon
- C.
  
  Comma
- D.
  
  Period
- E.
  
  Colon
12.

Interjections that express a sudden burst of emotion are followed by what kind of punctuation?
- A.
  
  Comma
- B.
  
  Semicolon
- C.
  
  Colon
- D.
  
  Exclamation point
- E.
  
  Period
13.

How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? During the month of May we went on a trip with our friends to Canada.
- A.
  
  2
- B.
  
  3
- C.
  
  4
- D.
  
  5
- E.
  
  6
14.

What are the four questions that adverbs can answer?
- A.
  
  Who? when? where? why?
- B.
  
  When? where? how? why?
- C.
  
  When? where? to what extent/degree? what?
- D.
  
  To what extent/degree? when? where? how?
- E.
  
  When? where? to what extent/degree? why?
15.

What are the three questions that adjectives can answer?
- A.
  
  Who? what? when? where?
- B.
  
  Who? what kind? to what extent/degree?
- C.
  
  Which one? what kind? to what extent/degree
- D.
  
  Which one? what kind? how many?
- E.
  
  Which one? how many? why?
16.

What is the verb phrase in the following sentence? I will not be going sledding because it's too cold.
17.

What is the infinitive verb phrase in the following sentence? I want to play baseball today.
18.

How many adjectives are in the following sentence, including articles? The red car roared around the sharp corner and hit an old oak tree.
- A.
  
  4
- B.
  
  5
- C.
  
  6
- D.
  
  7
- E.
  
  8
19.

The noun "mob" is a common noun, a concrete noun, and.......what is the last kind?
20.

What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers when? where? how? and to what extent?
- A.
  
  Verb
- B.
  
  Adjective
- C.
  
  Adverb
- D.
  
  Preposition
- E.
  
  Noun
21.

What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
- A.
  
  Preposition
- B.
  
  Adverb
- C.
  
  Interjection
- D.
  
  Conjunction
- E.
  
  Pronoun
22.

What part of speech substitutes for a noun or pronoun? Examples are we, they him, I, you, me, she...
- A.
  
  Pronoun
- B.
  
  Verb
- C.
  
  Conjunction
- D.
  
  Noun
- E.
  
  Interjection
23.

What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun and answers the questions which one(s)? how many/much? or what kind(s)
- A.
  
  Verb
- B.
  
  Adverb
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Preposition
- E.
  
  Noun
24.

Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion? Examples are wow! or no,.
- A.
  
  Adverb
- B.
  
  Noun
- C.
  
  Interjection
- D.
  
  Preposition
- E.
  
  Adjective
25.

Which part of speech describes the distance/placement/proximity of one word and another word in a sentence? Examples are on, to, behind, with...
- A.
  
  Adverb
- B.
  
  Preposition
- C.
  
  Interjection
- D.
  
  Noun
- E.
  
  Conjunction