Parts Of Speech Quiz: Can You Pass?

20 Questions | By Esprice | Updated: Mar 15, 2022 | Attempts: 257

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Select the correct part of speech for the word in [brackets] in each of the following sentences. Let's start and how well do you know!

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1.

The hot-air balloon was invented by two [French] brothers who ran a paper bag factory.
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  Noun
- B.
  
  Pronoun
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
2.

[They] filled a paper bag with hot air and found that it floated.
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  Noun
- B.
  
  Pronoun
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
3.

In 1783, the [brothers] went for a test flight.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
4.

They landed in [a] nearby field.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
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  Article
5.

The peasants hacked the [balloon] to pieces.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
- C.
  
  Adjective
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  Article
6.

More than three thousand years ago, children in [Egypt] played with large hoops of dried grapevines.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
7.

During the [fourteenth] century, a "hooping" craze swept England.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
8.

The word "hula" was added when British sailors visited the [Hawaiian Islands] and saw a similarity between "hooping" and hula dancing.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
9.

[An] Australian company began making wood rings for sale in retail stores.
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  Noun
- B.
  
  Pronoun
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
10.

They changed the wood rings to plastic and called [their] new toy a Hula Hoop.
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  Noun
- B.
  
  Pronoun
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
11.

In the early 1950's, a man named Walter Morrison devised a metal tossing toy [he] called the "Flying Saucer."
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  Noun
- B.
  
  Pronoun
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  Adjective
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  Article
12.

[Everyone] propelled the toy along the ground with a stick or swung it around his or her waist.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
13.

The item attracted the [attention] of a toy company named Wham-O.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
14.

[Who] could predict that within six months, Americans would buy over 20 million hula hoops at $1.98 apiece?
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  Noun
- B.
  
  Pronoun
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
15.

The Frisbee is named after the Frisbie Pie Company; [it] opened for business in the 1870's.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
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  Article
16.

For fun, people tossed around the empty [pie] tins, which had the name "Frisbie" embossed on the bottom.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
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  Article
17.

Fearing that the metal could hurt [someone], Morrison made the the disc out of plastic.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
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  Article
18.

Then he changed [its] name to "Frisbee" in memory of the local bakery where he and his friends once tossed around pie tins.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
19.

Ultimate Frisbee is a high flying disc [sport] with a worldwide following.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
- D.
  
  Article
20.

[Terrified] peasants thought they were under attack by creatures from another planet.
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  Noun
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  Pronoun
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  Adjective
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  Article