Test Your Intelligence On Parts Of Speech

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Brush your knowledge on Parts Of Speech with these quiz questions.

Questions and Answers

1.

What part of speech is "pugnacious", meaning "quarrelsome"?
- A.
  
  Verb
- B.
  
  Noun
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Adverb
Correct Answer
C. Adjective
2.

What part of speech is "pulmonary", meaning "pertaining to the lungs"?
- A.
  
  Adjective
- B.
  
  Noun
- C.
  
  Adverb
- D.
  
  Verb
Correct Answer
A. Adjective
3.

What part of speech is "punctilious", meaning "strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom"?
- A.
  
  Adverb & Adjective
- B.
  
  Adjective
- C.
  
  Noun
- D.
  
  Verb
Correct Answer
B. Adjective
4.

What part of speech is "punctual", meaning "observant and exact in points of time"?
- A.
  
  Adverb
- B.
  
  Adjective
- C.
  
  Verb
- D.
  
  Noun
Correct Answer
B. Adjective
5.

What part of speech is "pungent", meaning "affecting the sense of smell"?
- A.
  
  Adjective
- B.
  
  Verb
- C.
  
  Adverb
- D.
  
  Noun
Correct Answer
A. Adjective
6.

What part of speech is "pungency", meaning "the quality of affecting the sense of smell"?
- A.
  
  Adverb
- B.
  
  Verb
- C.
  
  Noun
- D.
  
  Adjective
Correct Answer
C. Noun
7.

What part of speech is "purl", meaning "to cause to whirl, as in an eddy"?
- A.
  
  Adjective
- B.
  
  Verb
- C.
  
  Adverb
- D.
  
  Noun
Correct Answer
B. Verb
8.

What part of speech is "purloin", meaning "to steal"?
- A.
  
  Noun
- B.
  
  Verb
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Adverb
Correct Answer
B. Verb
9.

What part of speech is "putrescent", meaning "undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors"?
- A.
  
  Verb
- B.
  
  Adverb
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Noun
Correct Answer
C. Adjective
10.

What part of speech is "pyx", meaning "a vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved"?
- A.
  
  Adjective
- B.
  
  Adverb
- C.
  
  Noun
- D.
  
  Verb
Correct Answer
C. Noun
11.

What part of speech is "quackery", meaning "charlatanry"?
- A.
  
  Adjective
- B.
  
  Adverb
- C.
  
  Noun
- D.
  
  Verb
Correct Answer
C. Noun
12.

What part of speech is "quantity", meaning "magnitude"?
- A.
  
  Adverb
- B.
  
  Noun
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Verb
Correct Answer
B. Noun
13.

What part of speech is "quarantine", meaning "the enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease"?
- A.
  
  Adjective
- B.
  
  Verb
- C.
  
  Noun
- D.
  
  Adverb
Correct Answer
C. Noun
14.

What part of speech is "quarterly", meaning "occurring or made at intervals of three months"?
- A.
  
  Verb
- B.
  
  Adverb
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Noun
Correct Answer
C. Adjective
15.

What part of speech is "quay", meaning "a wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it"?
- A.
  
  Adverb
- B.
  
  Verb
- C.
  
  Adjective
- D.
  
  Noun
Correct Answer
D. Noun

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Test Your Intelligence On Parts Of Speech

What part of speech is "pugnacious", meaning "quarrelsome"?

What part of speech is "pulmonary", meaning "pertaining to the lungs"?

What part of speech is "punctilious", meaning "strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom"?

What part of speech is "punctual", meaning "observant and exact in points of time"?

What part of speech is "pungent", meaning "affecting the sense of smell"?

What part of speech is "pungency", meaning "the quality of affecting the sense of smell"?

What part of speech is "purl", meaning "to cause to whirl, as in an eddy"?

What part of speech is "purloin", meaning "to steal"?

What part of speech is "putrescent", meaning "undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors"?

What part of speech is "pyx", meaning "a vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved"?

What part of speech is "quackery", meaning "charlatanry"?

What part of speech is "quantity", meaning "magnitude"?

What part of speech is "quarantine", meaning "the enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease"?

What part of speech is "quarterly", meaning "occurring or made at intervals of three months"?

What part of speech is "quay", meaning "a wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it"?