English Grammar Basic MCQ Trivia: Quiz
This is an English grammar basic MCQ quiz! Every word used in a sentence has given meaning, and one of the basics a student needs to understand when it comes to grammar is the different parts of speech. Do you know what makes a word an adjective, verb, adverb, or noun? In this quiz, you will get to test out how well you know the parts of speech and what each word describes.
- 1.What part of speech is "subversion", meaning "an overthrow, as from the foundation"?
- A.
Verb
- B.
Adjective
- C.
Adverb & Adjective
- D.
Noun
- 2.What part of speech is "superannuate", meaning "to become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Verb
- 3.What part of speech is "superlative", meaning "that which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Verb
- D.
Adjective
- 4.What part of speech is "supine", meaning "lying on the back"?
- A.
Adjective
- B.
Noun
- C.
Adverb & Adjective
- D.
Verb
- 5.What part of speech is "suspense", meaning "uncertainty"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Verb
- D.
Adjective
- 6.What part of speech is "sylph", meaning "a slender, graceful young woman or girl"?
- A.
Verb
- B.
Adjective
- C.
Adverb & Adjective
- D.
Noun
- 7.What part of speech is "sympathetic", meaning "having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Verb
- D.
Adjective
- 8.What part of speech is "syneresis", meaning "the coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e"er for ever"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb & Adjective
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Verb
- 9.What part of speech is "synonym", meaning "a word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Verb
- 10.What part of speech is "tacit", meaning "understood"?
- A.
Verb
- B.
Adverb & Adjective
- C.
Noun
- D.
Adjective
- 11.What part of speech is "tangency", meaning "the state of touching"?
- A.
Adverb
- B.
Noun
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Verb
- 12.What part of speech is "termination", meaning "the act of ending or concluding"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Adjective
- 13.What part of speech is "terrify", meaning "to fill with extreme fear"?
- A.
Adverb
- B.
Adjective
- C.
Noun
- D.
Verb
- 14.What part of speech is "territorial", meaning "pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction"?
- A.
Adjective
- B.
Verb
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Noun
- 15.What part of speech is "testament", meaning "a will"?
- A.
Adverb
- B.
Adjective
- C.
Noun
- D.
Verb
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