Parts of Speech Quiz

How many parts of speech are there?

• 5

• 6

• 8

• 10

A noun is a __________, ____________, _____________, or ____________.

• place, person, thing, or idea

• place, animal, person, or object

• thing, action, idea, or person

• person, event, idea, or verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Proper nouns always begin with a ___________.

• capital letter

• lowercase letter

• punctuation mark

• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a ___________.

• verb

• adjective

• noun

• preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

There are three types of verbs- __________ verbs, __________ verbs, and __________ verbs.

• action, linking, helping

• linking, helping, regular

• regular, irregular, auxiliary

• helping, irregular, modal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Action verbs show an ___________.

• idea

• emotion

• action

• event

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

List the 8 common linking verbs.

• is, are, was, were, be, being, been, seems

• am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

• are, was, were, have, has, had, will, do

• can, will, do, might, should, would, could

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Linking verbs express a ___________.

• condition

• state of being

• time

• question

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Helping verbs come before an __________ or __________ verb and help the verb.

• main, action
• action, linking

• action, helping

• linking, main

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

An adjective modifies/describes a __________ or __________.

• noun, pronoun

• verb, noun

• noun, verb

• verb, adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A