Parts of Speech Quiz

person, place, or thing/object or idea/concept

Personal Pronoun and Case: The people dress the way they did in colonial times.

Helping Verb: The teacher should take attendance every day.

Modifies a noun

A small word that shows direction, location, time, or an object

Antecedent: Maria won fame in 1847, when she discovered a new comet.

What does the adverb modify? My aunt was extremely hungry after we completed the three-hour hike.

Proper Noun: Linda cared for the infant throughout the night

Adjective: In 1871, the city of Chicago was already huge.

Common Noun: Wendy located her housekeeper

Preposition: May I sit between you two?

Noun: The lock was stuck.

Preposition: During the centuries, the continents have been drifting apart.

Adjective: Most of the buildings in the city were wooden.

A word used in place of one or more nouns

Helping Verb: I must return the pencil that I borrowed to the teacher.

Abstract Noun: He had a dream about ice cream.

Adverb: He ran swiftly away from the tackler.

expresses action or state of being

Action Verb: A policeman did question the suspect after the incident.

Proper Adjective: African masks have been sculpted from wood.

Preposition: Reggie tripped down the stairs

modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb

What does the adverb modify? Are they going away?

Modifies an adjective

Common Noun: He used this umbrella in Alabama.

Predicate Adjective: How the destructive fire started is still mysterious.

Antecedent: George Lucas created Star Wars when he was a young man.

Adverb: Has he met you before?

Verb: Jimmy, eat your spaghetti.

Linking Verb: She was a banker, in charge of investment.

Adverb: We had met somewhat earlier than you think.

Personal Pronoun and Case: My favorite vacation is a trip to Williamsburg.

Answers the questions, Where? When? How? To what extent? by itself

Collective Noun: This group is funny