Download Parts of Speech Review and more Slides Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! Parts of Speech Review 1. What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers when? where? how? and to what extent? A. Verb B. Adjective C. Adverb D. Preposition E. Noun 2. What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so? A. Preposition B. Adverb C. Interjection D. Conjunction E. Pronoun 3. What part of speech substitutes for a noun or pronoun? Examples are we, they him, I, you, me, she... A. Pronoun B. Verb C. Conjunction D. Noun E. Interjection 4. What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun and answers the questions which one(s)? how many/much? or what kind(s) A. Verb B. Adverb C. Adjective D. Preposition E. Noun 5. Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion? Examples are wow! or no,. A. Adverb B. Noun C. Interjection D. Preposition E. Adjective 6. Which part of speech describes the distance/placement/proximity of one word and another word in a sentence? Examples are on, to, behind, with... A. Adverb B. Preposition C. Interjection D. Noun E. Conjunction 7. What part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea? Examples are house, jury, determination. A. Noun B. Pronoun C. Adjective D. Interjection E. Conjunction 8. What is the name of the word that the pronoun stands for or refers to in a sentence? (Mary took her friend with her. "Mary" is the _____________" for the pronouns "her". 9. What is the verb in the following sentence: They did not go running very far. 10. What is the adjective in the following sentence? “The soldiers saluted the American flag.” 11. What word is being described by the adverb "inside" in the following sentence? “A warm fire beckoned the weary travelers inside.” 12. Prepositional phrases always begin with a _____________ and ends with noun or pronoun. 13. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? “I ran around the block ten times today.” 14. What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence. Adverb or Preposition? “The boys went inside to eat dinner.” A. Adverb B. Preposition 15. Mild interjections are followed by what kind of punctuation? A. Exclamation point B. Semicolon C. Comma D. Period E. Colon 6. Which part of speech describes the distance/placement/proximity of one word and another word in a sentence? Examples are on, to, behind, with... A. Adverb B. Preposition C. Interjection D. Noun E. Conjunction 7. What part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea? Examples are house, jury, determination. A. Noun B. Pronoun C. Adjective D. Interjection E. Conjunction 8. What is the name of the word that the pronoun stands for or refers to in a sentence? (Mary took her friend with her. "Mary" is the __ANTECEDENT_" for the pronouns "her". 9. What is the verb in the following sentence: They did not go running very far. 10. What is the adjective in the following sentence? “The soldiers saluted the American flag.” 11. What word is being described by the adverb "inside" in the following sentence? “A warm fire beckoned the weary travelers inside.” 12. Prepositional phrases always begin with a _PREPOSITION_ and ends with noun or pronoun. 13. What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? “I ran around the block ten times today.” 14. What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence. Adverb or Preposition? “The boys went inside to eat dinner.” A. Adverb B. Preposition 15. Mild interjections are followed by what kind of punctuation? A. Exclamation point B. Semicolon C. Comma D. Period E. Colon 16. Interjections that express a sudden burst of emotion are followed by what kind of punctuation? A. Comma B. Semicolon C. Colon D. Exclamation point E. Period 17. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence? “During the month of May we went on a trip with our friends to Canada.” A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6 18. What are the four questions that adverbs can answer? A. Who? when? where? why? B. When? where? how? why? C. When? where? to what extent/degree? what? D. To what extent/degree? when? where? how? E. When? where? to what extent/degree? why? 19. What are the three questions that adjectives can answer? A. Who? what? when? where? B. Who? what kind? to what extent/degree? C. Which one? what kind? to what extent/degree D. Which one? what kind? how many? E. Which one? how many? why? 20. What is the verb in the following sentence? “I will not be going sledding because it's too cold.” 21. How many adjectives are in the following sentence, including articles?The red car roared around the sharp corner and hit an old oak tree. A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 E. 8