Test on Parts of Speech
Are you ready to challenge your knowledge? Take the following test, giving the name of the part of speech of the word inside the quotation marks.
1. The ‘brown’ dog quickly ran after the thief.
2. When the team returned, they ‘claimed’ victory.
3. ‘They’ also said they had fun.
4. Police will not say how the ‘criminal’ was captured.
5. James ‘patiently’ waited for the test results.
6. Is there really honor ‘among’ thieves?
7. ‘Dust’ covered everything in the room.
8. One book was ‘particularly’ dusty.
9. She packed both a hat ‘and’ gloves.
10. The football ‘sailed’ between the uprights.
11. ‘I’ will watch them.
12. The child ‘angrily’ stomped away from her mother.
Answers: 1. adjective. 2. verb. 3. pronoun. 4. noun. 5. adverb. 6. preposition. 7. noun. 8. adjective. 9. conjunction. 10. verb. 11. pronoun. 12. adverb.
Are you ready to challenge your knowledge? Take the following test, giving the name of the part of speech of the word inside the quotation marks.
1. The ‘brown’ dog quickly ran after the thief.
2. When the team returned, they ‘claimed’ victory.
3. ‘They’ also said they had fun.
4. Police will not say how the ‘criminal’ was captured.
5. James ‘patiently’ waited for the test results.
6. Is there really honor ‘among’ thieves?
7. ‘Dust’ covered everything in the room.
8. One book was ‘particularly’ dusty.
9. She packed both a hat ‘and’ gloves.
10. The football ‘sailed’ between the uprights.
11. ‘I’ will watch them.
12. The child ‘angrily’ stomped away from her mother.
Answers: 1. adjective. 2. verb. 3. pronoun. 4. noun. 5. adverb. 6. preposition. 7. noun. 8. adjective. 9. conjunction. 10. verb. 11. pronoun. 12. adverb.