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Parts of Speech Review
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See if you recognize the ten basic parts of speech.
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1
What word is being described by the adverb
inside
? A warm fire beckoned the weary man inside.
warm
fire
beckoned
man
2
If it can be replaced with
except
, it's a preposition; if not, it's a coordinating conjunction.
so
nor
or
but
3
The verbs
seems
,
is
,
was
, and
had
, when used alone, are what kind of verbs?
linking verbs
action verbs
4
What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers when? where? how?
pronoun
adjective
conjunction
adverb
5
What type of noun is always capitalized? (Bob, California, France...)
common noun
pronoun
collective noun
proper noun
6
What kind of adjective is the word "American" in the following sentence? The boy is American.
proper
common
7
What part of speech substitutes for a common or proper noun? Ex: we, they, him, I, you, me, she
expletive
pronoun
preposition
interjection
8
Prepositional phrases always begin with a _____________ and end with noun or pronoun.
preposition
expletive
pronoun
article
9
What are the four questions that adverbs can answer?
When? where? to what extent/degree? what?
Who? when? where? why?
To what extent/degree? When? Where? How?
When? where? how? why?
10
What are the words
a, an
, and
the
called?
adverbs
articles
verbs
adjectives
11
Interjections that express a sudden burst of emotion are followed by what kind of punctuation?
exclamation mark
period
comma
question mark
12
How many prepositional phrases?
During the month of May I went on a trip with my friend to NYC.
five
two
four
three
13
a word usually before a noun/pronoun that expresses a relation to another word/element?
pronoun
conjunction
verb
preposition
14
Mild interjections are followed by what kind of punctuation?
period
comma
exclamation mark
semi-colon
15
What kind of article is
the
? (it indicates something specific)
definite
indefinite
16
What part of speech answers the questions to what extent? how much?
pronoun
conjunction
noun
adverb
17
Examples of this part of speech are house, jury, determination, grit.
pronoun
preposition
noun
verb
18
Conjunctions used in pairs are what kind of conjunctions? (both/and; either/or; neither/nor)
subordinating
coordinating
correlative
19
What are the three questions that adjectives can answer?
Who? what? when? where?
Which one? what kind? to what extent/degree?
Which one? what kind? how many?
Who? what kind? to what extent/degree?
20
Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion?
verb
adverb
interjection
expletive
21
What part of speech describes or modifies a noun or pronoun?
interjection
adverb
adjective
verb
22
(
She
,
Her
) and Sara went to the store.
Which is the correct pronoun to use?
She
Her
23
What kind of articles are the words
a
and
an
? (they indicate something not specific)
indefinite
definite
24
What type of noun cannot be perceived by the senses? (love, ambition, liberty...)
concrete noun
abstract noun
25
A verb that describes physical or mental action is called what type of verb?
linking verb
action verb
26
Examples of this part of speech include words like
on, to, behind, with, in, around.
preposition
verb
conjunction
noun
27
What part of speech is in
bold
in the following sentence? The kid went
inside
to eat dinner.
preposition
adverb
28
What type of noun can be perceived by the five senses? (table, bird, school, beach...)
abstract nouns
concrete nouns
29
I went camping with John and (he, him).
him
he
30
What part of speech represents a person, place, thing, or idea?
noun
interjection
adjective
expletive
31
What's the prepositional phrase in the following?
I ran around the block ten times today.
ran around
ten times today
around the block
I ran
32
What part of speech connects words/ groups of words? Examples:
for, and, nor, but, or, yet,
so
preposition
conjunction
expletive
noun
33
If one can switch this word with "because," it's a conjunction (otherwise, it's a preposition).
so
but
yet
for
34
What type of pronouns are
I
,
we
,
she
,
they,
him
, and
us
? They refer to "people."
possessive pronouns
personal pronouns
proper pronouns
indirect objects