Parts of Speech quiz

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Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea

Adjective

A word that describes a noun

Verb

An word describing action or being

Adverb

A word which normally describes a verb, but in some cases it can describe an adjective or another adverb

Pronoun

A word which is used to refer to a noun

Conjunction

A transition word used to connect two ideas together

Preposition

A word of location or that describes the who, what, where, when, or how. Always is part of a prepositional phrase

Interjection

A word used to interrupt the flow of speech. Often ends in an exclamation mark and is normally surrounded by quotes

What are the components of a prepositional phrase?

A preposition (to, at, from, in, towards) followed by a noun, often with an article in the middle.

What part of speech does the word “in” belong to?

“The tunnel caved in on the travelers”

Adverb

What part of speech does the word “to” belong to

“The cars were all going to a festival”

Preposition

What part of speech does the word "fishing” belong to

“Fishing is my favorite hobby”

Noun

What part of speech does the word “help” belong to?

“‘Help!' the man screamed”

Interjection

What part of speech does the word “but” belong to?

“they tried to help but the man ran away”

conjunction

What part of speech does the word “this” belong to?

“I have been preparing for this extensively”

Pronoun

What part of speech does the word “hurt” refer to?

“The hurt koala lashed out at its owner”

Adjective

What part of speech does “had” belong to?

“He had been stranded on the mountain for 10 days”

Verb

What part(s) of speech can an adverb modify?

Verbs, adverbs, adjectives

list the parts of speech represented by the word “well” in the order that they appear in this sentence?

“‘Well, well well!’ the villain said well at the well while feeling well”

Interjection (x3), adverb, noun, adjective

List the parts of speech in the order that they appear in the sentence

“She sells sea shells by the sea shore”

Pronoun, verb, adjective, noun, preposition, adjective, noun

List the parts of speech in order that they appear in the sentence

“Betty blatantly blurted that she bought bitter butter”

Noun, adverb, verb, conjunction, pronoun, verb, adjective, noun

list the parts of speech the word “down” represents in order of appearance

“Mary was experiencing a period of down in the elevator because the down button wouldn’t make the elevator move down, so she went down the hall to down some water”

Noun, adjective, adverb, preposition, verb

Is “was” a being verb or an action verb?

being

Is “thinks” a being verb or an action verb?

action verb

What is the difference between a being verb and an action verb

A being verb is a verb which is a conjugated or unconjugated form of the verb “to be” while an action verb is any other verb

List the parts of speech of the word “that” in order of appearance in the sentence

“Jeremy thinks that that is not that smart”

Conjunction, pronoun, adjective

what do adjectives tell you?

Status/placement/ability of a noun

What questions can adverbs answer?

how, what, where, when