Parts of Speech Quiz for Fifth Graders

Identify the noun in the following sentence: The cat chased the mouse.

• the

• mouse

• cat

• chased

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence: She loves to read books.

• To

• She

• Loves

• Books

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Identify the noun in the following sentence: The sun is shining brightly.

• moon

• sun

• brightly

• shining

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What's the verb in the following sentence: The dog quickly ran across the field.

• ran

• across

• field

• quickly

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Which is the adverb in the following sentence: She sings beautifully.

• sings

• beautifully

• beautiful

• she

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the verb in the following sentence: The birds chirped loudly in the morning.

• loudly

• birds

• chirped

• morning

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Which are the adjectives in the following sentence: The big, red balloon floated away.

• big, red

• round, square

• green, yellow

• small, blue

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

What's the conjunction in the following sentence: I like both chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

• or

• with

• but

• and

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

What are the adjectives in the following sentence: The old, wooden table creaked loudly.

• old, wooden

• young, plastic

• big, glass

• new, metal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

What's the preposition in the following sentence: The book is on the table.

• through

• beside

• under

• on

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E