Parts of Speech

Question 1

His account of this trip was his FIRST book.

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Adjective

Question 2

EVENTUALLY, he settled in the South Seas, on the island of Samoa.

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Adverb

Question 3

Use care when you LIGHT a fire.

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Verb

Question 4

Find the adverb: She successfully aced her exam.

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Successfully

Question 5

The FLASH of light bounced off the wall.

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Noun

Question 6

Find the verb phrase: Can a dog that small jump that high?

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Can jump

Question 7

What is a concrete noun?

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A noun that we can perceive with one of our senses.

Question 8

Which is an example of a compound preposition?

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According to

Question 9

What does an adjective do?

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Modifies a noun or a pronoun

Question 10

WHAT are you doing?

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Pronoun

Question 11

Mrs. Nohrenberg is my ENGLISH teacher.

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Adjective

Question 12

Treasure Island has been POPULAR since it was first published.

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Adjective

Question 13

While yet an obscure young WRITER, Stevenson traveled through Belgium and France.

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Noun

Question 14

Which is an example of an interjection?

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Ouch!

Question 15

Woo hoo! Last question! What is "woo hoo"?

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Interjection

Question 16

Find the adverb: The debate speech was extremely boring.

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Extremely

Question 17

They REVERED him.

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Verb

Question 18

"Mountain", "pie", "book", and "day" are all examples of what?

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Common nouns

Question 19

What is an example of a correlative (goes together) conjunction?

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Either or

Question 20

Find the helping verb: I am reading a book for English class.

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Am

Question 21

Which words are all linking verbs?

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Were, be, feel, taste

Question 22

THERE the natives called him Tusitala.

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Adverb

Question 23

You may have to call the HELP desk.

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Adjective

Question 24

Dale ran down the stairs and hugged his sister. What is the word "down" in this sentence?

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Preposition

Question 25

"Liberty" is an example of what?

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An abstract noun

Question 26

What makes up a verb phrase?

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Action verbs and any helping verbs

Question 27

Adjective hunt: How cloudy and dark the sky looks!

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Cloudy, dark, Cloudy, dark, the

Question 28

Find the verb phrase: We are always singing Nelly's praises.

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Are singing

Question 29

What do adverbs modify?

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Adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs

Question 30

Clara uses shears to cut straggling branches from her trees. What is "shears" in this sentence?

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Noun

Question 31

Pronoun or adjective: Which movie are we going to see?

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Which - adjective

Question 32

Pronoun or adjective: This is my final offer.

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This - pronoun

Question 33

Find the object of the preposition: I rode through the village.

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Village

Question 34

His famous poem "Requiem," WHICH is inscribed on his tomb, ends: "Home is the sailor, home from the sea...

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Pronoun

Question 35

Stevenson, who BECAME a writer after studying engineering, suffered from poor health.

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Verb

Question 36

...AND the hunter, home from the hill."

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Conjunction

Question 37

At HIS request, he was buried in the mountains.

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adjective, pronoun

Question 38

Although he wrote a number of plays, articles, and stories, he is probably best remembered FOR children's works.

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Preposition

Question 39

Preposition or adverb? Above, buzzards circled lazily.

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Above – adverb

Question 40

Which are correct examples of proper nouns?

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The Mona Lisa, English, Stephen King

Question 41

He died in Samoa AT the age of 44.

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Preposition

Question 42

Find the adverb: It was a fiercely competitive game.

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Fiercely

Question 43

What is the best example of a noun?

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Fire

Question 44

Pronouns: Kaelyn bought her friends shoes at the mall. They were on sale.

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her ; they

Question 45

WELL, I am happy the weather is cooling down.

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Interjection

Question 46

Adjective or Pronoun? These books are heavy.

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These - adjective

Question 47

I hope you do WELL on your test Tuesday.

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Adverb

Question 48

What is an action verb?

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Something that expresses a physical or mental activity.

Question 49

Noun or adjective? The lecturer found a fruit basket in his hotel room.

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Fruit - adjective

Question 50

Which are some examples of prepositions?

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of, near, aboard, below, for

Question 51

How can compound nouns be written in a sentence?

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All answers are correct.

Question 52

How many articles are there to choose from in parts of speech?

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3

Question 53

Find the pronoun: Dylan loves to watch the game with his dad.

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His

Question 54

The word "chicken" in "chicken dinner" is a(n)...

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Adjective

Question 55

Pronoun hunt: She is the candidate who plans to listen to the people.

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She and who

Question 56

Find the object of the preposition: Marge climbed down the ladder.

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Ladder

Question 57

What is the function of a conjunction?

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Join words or word groups that are used in the same way

Question 58

Pronoun or adjective: Those are excited fans.

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Those - Pronoun

Parts of Speech

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Parts of Speech

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