Parts of Speech Review (H9)

Question 1

"In painting and gemmary, Fortunato [...] was a quack." What's the conjunction?

Accepted Answer

and

Question 2

"[...] to practice imposture upon the [...] millionaires." What part of speech is "upon"?

Accepted Answer

preposition

Question 3

"I had completed the eighth, the ninth, and the tenth tier." What's the noun?

Accepted Answer

tier

Question 4

"And in the crook of her arm was the biggest Bible ever made." What part of speech is "ever"?

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 5

"I circled the block, slowed down, and honked my horn." How many verbs?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 6

"It was now midnight, and my task was drawing to a close." What part of speech is "and"?

Accepted Answer

conjunction

Question 7

Adjectives modify adverbs.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 8

"She had on those green slacks I hated." What part of speech is "green"?

Accepted Answer

adjective

Question 9

"The Montresors were a great and numerous family." What part of speech is "great"?

Accepted Answer

adjective

Question 10

"Her mother had bought chicken legs...and oranges and a whole box of chocolate-covered grahams." What's the adjective?

Accepted Answer

chocolate-covered

Question 11

"Their enthusiasm is adopted to suit the time and opportunity." What's the verb phrase?

Accepted Answer

is adopted

Question 12

"He had a weak point." What's the verb?

Accepted Answer

had

Question 13

"I struggled with its weight." What's the prepositional phrase?

Accepted Answer

with its weight

Question 14

"I circled the block, slowed down, and honked my horn." How many nouns?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 15

"She made the big girls look like nuns." What's the preposition?

Accepted Answer

nuns, like

Question 16

"In the matter of old wines he was sincere." What's the correct order of the parts of speech?

Accepted Answer

two prepositional phrases, pronoun, verb, adjective

Question 17

Interjections are set apart by punctuation.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 18

"He turned towards me." What's the correct order of the parts of speech?

Accepted Answer

pronoun, verb, preposition, pronoun

Question 19

"The wall was now nearly upon a level with my breast." How many prepositional phrases?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 20

"And then I saw the dark blue limousine." What's the noun?

Accepted Answer

limousine

Question 21

"She handed her sign to another woman." What's the prepositional phrase?

Accepted Answer

to another woman

Question 22

"We went into the coffee shop holding on to one another..." What part of speech is "We"?

Accepted Answer

pronoun

Question 23

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 24

"It was succeeded by a sad voice." What's the verb phrase?

Accepted Answer

was succeeded

Question 25

Pronouns replace nouns.

Accepted Answer

true

Parts of Speech Review (H9)

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Parts of Speech Review (H9)

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