Parts of Speech (Multiple Choice) Quiz. You can use these items for your short formative test after a classroom discussion. Answers are already highlighted.
- What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or an idea?
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Which of these modifies a noun or a pronoun?
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- What expresses an action or a state of being?
- Noun
- Adjective
- Conjunction
- Verb
- Which part of speech expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence?
- Preposition
- Interjection
- Verb
- Conjunction
- Which verb takes a direct object?
- Intransitive verb
- Linking verb
- Helping verb
- Transitive verb
- Which verb has a meaning complete on its own and does not require a direct object?
- Intransitive verb
- Transitive verb
- Linking verb
- Action verb
- What identifies or describes the subject of the verb?
- Adverb
- Subject complement
- Object complement
- Predicate Nominative
- Which of these verbs connects the subject with an adjective or a noun that describes or identifies it?
- Action verb
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- Linking verb
- Which of these is taken as a person or thing the action is done to or done for?
- Direct object
- Object of preposition
- Indirect object
- Complement
- What part of a sentence tells something about the subject?
- Subject
- Predicate
- Object
- Complement
- Which of these defines a pronoun?
- It is used in place of one or more nouns.
- It modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
- It expresses an action or a state of being.
- It joins words or group of words.
- Which part of speech answers the questions; when, where, how, how much and why?
- Preposition
- Adverb
- Adjective
- Verb
- What part of speech answers questions; which, what kind of and how many?
- Adjective
- Interjection
- Noun
- Adverb
- What shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other words in a sentence?
- Conjunction
- Preposition
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- What joins words or group of words like phrases and clauses?
- Pronoun
- Verb
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- What part of a sentence completes the meaning of a transitive verb?
- Indirect object
- Object of preposition
- Direct object
- Object complement
- What are two or more verbs joined by a conjunction and are relating to the same subject?
- Simple predicate
- Compound verbs
- Helping verb
- Verb phrase
- Which of these can be a noun, pronoun, or word group that acts as a noun, and receives the action of a verb or is influenced by a transitive verb, or verbal, or a preposition?
- Object
- Complement
- Subject
- Predicate
- What tells for whom, to whom, or to what something is done?
- Direct object
- Indirect object
- Subject complement
- Object complement
- What follows a preposition and is linked by it to the rest of the sentence?
- Direct object
- Object of preposition
- Indirect object
- Object complement
- What are words, phrases, or clauses that provide descriptions in sentences?
- Modifiers
- Verbs
- Appositives
- Objects
- What sentence clearly states a command or order toward another person or animal?
- Exclamatory
- Imperative
- Interrogative
- Declarative
- Which sentence asks a question?
- Declarative
- Imperative
- Interrogative
- Exclamatory
- Which of these includes all the words in a clause or sentence except the subject and its modifiers
- Complete subject
- Complete predicate
- Simple subject
- Simple predicate
- What part of a sentence follows modifies or refers back to a direct object?
- Indirect object
- Object complement
- Subject complement
- Direct object
- What consists of a preposition and its objects and modifiers?
- Noun phrase
- Prepositional phrase
- Verb phrase
- Subject phrase
- Which of these is not a modifier?
- Article
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Pronoun
- Which of these is not an adjective?
- humility
- humble
- proud
- interesting
- Which of these follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence?
- Subject
- Predicate Adjective
- Predicate noun
- Object complement
- Which completes a linking verb and renames the subject?
- Predicate Adjective
- Predicate Nominative
- Subject complement
- Object complement
- What is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it?
- Predicate
- Appositive
- Predicate Noun
- Complement
- Which of the following is a prepositional phrase?
- talk silently
- near the gasoline station
- the basket of fruits
- the naughty and annoying boy
- Which sentence contains an unexpressed subject?
- Neil, they are coming.
- Neil, come back here.
- What is Neil doing?
- Neil is coming back.
- What is the unexpressed subject in imperative sentences?
- I
- They
- You
- Me
- Which part of speech may be used to describe or to modify a noun acting as direct object?
- lazy
- lazily
- slowly
- consecutively
- Which of these does NOT define a sentence?
- A sentence cannot be just a word; it is always a group of words.
- A sentence contains both a subject and a predicate.
- A sentence ends with a question mark, an exclamation point or a period.
- A sentence expresses a complete thought.
- Which of these is a sentence fragment?
- You have to go there.
- It’s over.
- The boy near the pool
- Prove it now.
- What is the verb in the sentence, “She has collected several sports memorabilia”?
- has
- collected
- has collected
- has collected several
- Which specifies grammatical definiteness of a noun?
- Adjective
- Article
- Adverb
- Pronoun
- Which of the following is NOT a noun?
- bravery
- gallant
- interesting
- sufficiency