Parts of Speech Test - English 10

Noun

A person, place, or thing

Pronoun

Takes place of a noun

Personal pronoun

1st, 2nd, and 3rd person; she, he, they

Reflexive pronoun

Reflects back to self; myself

Relative pronoun

Starts dependent clauses; whose, whom

Interrogative pronoun

Asks a question; which?

Demonstrative pronoun

Demonstrates which one; this, those

Indefinite pronoun

Doesn’t refer to a definite person or thing; some, either, each

Adverbs

Modifies or describes adjectives or (mainly) verbs

Adjectives

Describe nouns

Prepositions

Show relation between noun or pronoun and another word

Conjunctions

Joins words, phrases, and clauses

Coordinating conjunction

(FANBOYS) For, an, nor, but, or, yet, so

Subordinating conjunction

Starts dependent clauses; after, since, before, while

Correlative conjunction

Not only, but also, neither, nor, either, or

Interjection

Expresses emotion but have no real connection

Verb

An action word or state of being

Action verb

A verb that expresses action (past, present, and future)

Linking verb

Connects a subject with a noun or adjective

Helping verb

Supports the main verb; “She IS talking"“

Verbal

A verb that doesn’t behave like a verb

Gerund

Verb acting like a noun

Participle

Verb acting like an adjective

Infinitive

To + a verb (think Spanish)

In the sentence, “The clerk is hardworking,” what is the noun, and which kind is it?

Clerk, common

In the sentence, “This cat is really fat,” what is the pronoun and which kind?

This, demonstrative

In the sentence, “Which cat is really fat,” what is the pronoun and which kind?

Which, interrogative

In the sentence, “I am not going to the football game,” what is the adverb?

Not

In the sentence, “My mom quickly got ready before the fancy dinner,” what is the adverb?

Quickly

In the sentence, “The imposter is among us,” what is the preposition?

Among

In the sentence, “The fat cat is sleeping under the blanket,” what is the preposition?

Under

In the sentence, “I got a cat for my sister,” what is the conjunction, and what type?

For, coordinating

In the sentence, “Pudding, nor custard, are peaceful cats",” what is the conjunction, and what type?

Nor, coordinating

In the sentence, “After I picked up the fat cat I fell over,” what is the conjunction and what type?

After, subordinating

In the sentence, “Not only did Emmett eat one cookie, but he ate two,” what is the conjunction and what type?

Not only, correlative

In the sentence, “Ah! Pudding is so fat,” what is the interjection?

Ah!

In the sentence, “He is nice,” what is the verb and what type?

Is, linking

In the sentence, “I’m studying,” what is the verb and what type?

Studying, action

In the sentence, “She is talking,” what is the verb and what type?

Is, helping

In the sentence, “Swimming is fun,” what is the verbal and what type?

Swimming, gerund

In the sentence, “It’s an unspoken rule,” what is the verbal and what type?

Unspoken, participle