Parts of Speech Worksheet-1

Parts of Speech Worksheet-1

1. What is the proper noun in this sentence?

Anu ate pizza.

(a) Anu               (b) ate                 (c) pizza              (d) none

2. What is the noun in this sentence?

The cat dances.

(a) cat                 (b) the                 (c) dances          (d) none

3. What is the verb in this sentence?

An eagle flies.

(a) eagle             (b) flies               (c) An                  (d) none

4. What is a verb?

(a) a person                                    (b) a state of being

(c) a word that shows action      (d) none of these

5. What is the subject of the following sentence?

The little girl came crying.

(a) came crying                             (b) girl came crying

(c) The little girl                            (d) none of these

6. What is the subject of the following sentence?

Sonu and Monu ran a close race.

(a) Monu                                         (b) Sonu

(c) Sonu and Monu                       (d) ran

7. What is a verb?

(a) person          (b) place             (c) action           (d) thing

8. What is the predicate of the following sentence?

Shanu likes to eat ice cream.

(a) Shannon      (b) eat

(c) ice cream     (d) likes to eat ice cream

9. The dog barked loudly. What is the noun in this sentence?

(a) the                 (b) dog                (c) barked          (d) loudly

10. What is a noun?

(a) mental verb                              (b) person, place, or thing

(c) physical verb                            (d) none of these

11. What is a proper noun?

(a) a word that describes a noun

(b) a word that shows action

(c) a word that tells the name of a specific person, place, or thing

(d) none of these

12. Mamta and Jinu eating there sandwiches.

(a) is                    (b) are                 (c) were              (d) was

13. Which sentence should end with a question mark?

(a) Crocodiles live in Australia

(b) Alligators live in North America

(c) Are alligators and crocodiles alike

(d) Alligators and crocodiles are reptiles

14. Which word is the preposition in this sentence?

The dog ran to the boy.

(a) the                 (b) dog                (c) to                   (d) none of these

15. What is an adjective?

(a) word that describes a noun (b) word that tells time

(c) state of being                            (d) none of these

16. Choose the correct adjective to fill the sentence.

Aashi made a nice, cake.

(a) sweet           (b) sour              (c) beautiful      (d) long

17. Which of the following is the right sentence?

(a) Natalie enjoyed the game yesterday.

(b) Natalie will enjoy the game yesterday.

(c) Natalie enjoys the game yesterday.

(d) none of these

18. Which word is an adverb in this sentence?

The girl ran quickly.

(a) quickly         (b) ran                (c) girl                 (d) none of these

19. What is the pronoun in this sentence?

She threw the ball.

(a) she                 (b) threw            (c) ball                (d) none of these

20. What is a pronoun?

(a) a word that shows action

(b) a word that takes the place of a noun

(c) a word that describes

(d) none of these

Answers:

(1)-a; (2)-a; (3)-b; (4)-c; (5)-c; (6)-c; (7)-c; (8)-d; (9)-b; (10)-b; (11)-c; (12)-b; (13)-c; (14)-c; (15)-a; (16)-a; (17)-a; (18)-a; (19)-a; (20)-b