Mastering Parts of Speech Quiz

Which word in the following sentence is a noun? "The cat slept on the sofa every afternoon peacefully."

• slept

• cat

• on

• the

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the verb in the sentence below: "She quickly finished her homework before dinner last night."

• quickly

• her

• finished

• homework

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Which word is an adjective in the following sentence? "The tall building touched the sky during the storm."

• building

• tall

• touched

• sky

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Select the adverb in this sentence: "He ran very fast to catch the early morning bus."

• ran

• very

• catch

• bus

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which word is a preposition in the sentence below? "The book is under the table in the classroom."

• book

• is

• under

• table

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence: "They went to the park after school yesterday afternoon."

• went

• park

• after

• they

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which word is a conjunction in this sentence? "I wanted to go, but it was raining heavily outside."

• wanted

• but

• raining

• go

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

Select the interjection in the following sentence: "Wow! That was an amazing performance at the concert."

• amazing

• performance

• wow

• that

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

Which word is an article in the sentence below? "An apple a day keeps the doctor away always."

• apple

• keeps

• an

• away

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1H

Identify the noun in this sentence: "The children played in the garden every single evening."

• played

• in

• children

• the

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D