Parts of Speech Test

1. In the sentence "Billy ate his friend Jack. " what is the verb?

A) BillyB) ateC) friendD) Jack

2. In the sentence " Jerille is running to the store." which words are verbs ?

A) storeB) JerilleC) toD) is running

3. In the sentence "Kansas doen't have many people." which words are nouns ?

A) doesn'tB) haveC) Kansas peopleD) many

4. In the sentence "When we go to the movies, we eat popcorn." what are the verbs?

A) movies weB) popcornC) go eatD) to when

5. In the sentence "I love eating spicy food at Mexican restaurants." what are the adjectives ?

A) restaurants eatingB) Mexican spicyC) Mexican foodD) I love

6. In the sentence "Run home quickly and quietly tell Mom that I am sick." what are the averbs?

A) quietly hurtB) quickly homeC) quickly quietlyD) hurt run

7. In the sentence "Lunch at school is never very good." what is the verb?

A) goodB) veryC) isD) never

8. In the sentence "I was at the store" what is the verb?

A) atB) wasC) theD) store

9. In the sentence "Can we eat large pieces of pie? what is the adjective ?

A) pieB) canC) piecesD) large

10. In the sentence "The car goes really fast when it flies over the people." what is the adjective ?

A) fastB) peopleC) fliesD) goes

II

What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers when? where? how? and to what extent?

A. Verb

B.AdjectiveC.AdverbD. Preposition

E.Noun

2. What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?

A Preposition

.B.AdverbC.InterjectionD.ConjunctionE.Pronoun

3. What part of speech substitutes for a noun or pronoun? Examples are we, they him, I, you, me, she...

A.PronounB.VerbC.ConjunctionD.NounE.Interjection

4. 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.AdverbC. Adjective

D. Preposition

E.Noun

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.AdverbB.PrepositionC.InterjectionD.NounE.Conjunction

6. What part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea? Examples are house, jury, determination.

A.NounB.PronounC. Adjective

D.InterjectionE. Conjunction

IIIIdentify which part of speech are the underlined words.

1. They attended the concert last weekend.____________________ 2. Several cats ran into Rob’s garage.________________________3. The truck driver delivered the package quickly._____________ 4. Fast runners won all the awards at the track meet.___________ 5. My friend and I walked home after school.__________________ 6. I wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch.________ 7. She was counting the ballots during civics class._____________ 8. Will they finish the test on time?__________________________ 9. The diagram was fairly complicated.______________________ 10. He will practice his musical piece soon.____________________ 11. Ronnie saw the awesome sight from the air.________________ 12. Her sister is the oldest member of the group._______________ 13. Check the score, Tom.__________________________________ 14. Will the students find the answers themselves? _____________ 15. The child asked for the bike and the scooter._______________ 16. They slowly carried the couch down the stairs._____________ 17. Sherry talked on the phone until midnight.________________ 18. The troops scattered throughout the woods. __________________