Parts of Speech (Multiple Choice) Quiz.

 You can use these items for your short formative test after a
classroom discussion. Answers are already highlighted.
1. What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or an idea?
 Noun  
 Pronoun
 Adjective
 Adverb
2. Which of these modifies a noun or a pronoun?
 Pronoun
 Adjective
 Adverb
 Preposition
3. What expresses an action or a state of being?
 Noun
 Adjective
 Conjunction
 Verb
4. Which part of speech expresses emotion and has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence?
 Preposition
 Interjection 
 Verb
 Conjunction
5. Which verb takes a direct object?
 Intransitive verb
 Linking verb
 Helping verb
 Transitive verb
6. Which verb has a meaning complete on its own and does not require a direct object?
 Intransitive verb
 Transitive verb
 Linking verb
 Action verb
7. What identifies or describes the subject of the verb?
 Adverb
 Subject complement 
 Object complement
 Predicate Nominative
8. Which of these verbs connects the subject with an adjective or a noun that describes or identifies it?
 Action verb
 Transitive verb
  Intransitive verb
 Linking verb
9. Which of these is taken as a person or thing the action is done to or done for?
 Direct object
 Object of preposition
 Indirect object
 Complement
10. What part of a sentence tells something about the subject?
 Subject
 Predicate
 Object
 Complement
11. Which of these defines a pronoun?
 It is used in place of one or more nouns.
 It modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
 It expresses an action or a state of being.
 It joins words or group of words.
12. Which part of speech answers the questions; when, where, how, how much and why?
 Preposition
 Adverb
 Adjective
 Verb
13. What part of speech answers questions; which, what kind of and how many?
 Adjective
 Interjection
 Noun
 Adverb
14. What shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other words in a sentence?
 Conjunction
 Preposition
 Pronoun
 Adjective
15. What joins words or group of words like phrases and clauses?
 Pronoun
 Verb
 Conjunction
 Interjection
16. What part of a sentence completes the meaning of a transitive verb?
 Indirect object
 Object of preposition
  Direct object
 Object complement
17. What are two or more verbs joined by a conjunction and are relating to the same subject?
 Simple predicate
 Compound verbs 
 Helping verb
 Verb phrase
18. Which of these can be a noun, pronoun, or word group that acts as a noun, and receives the action of a
verb or is influenced by a transitive verb, or verbal, or a preposition?
 Object
 Complement
 Subject
 Predicate
19. What tells for whom, to whom, or to what something is done?
 Direct object
 Indirect object
 Subject complement
 Object complement
20. What follows a preposition and is linked by it to the rest of the sentence?
 Direct object
 Object of preposition 
 Indirect object
 Object complement
21. What are words, phrases, or clauses that provide descriptions in sentences?
 Modifiers
 Verbs
 Appositives
 Objects
22. What sentence clearly states a command or order toward another person or animal?
 Exclamatory
 Imperative
 Interrogative
 Declarative
23. Which sentence asks a question?
 Declarative
 Imperative
 Interrogative
 Exclamatory
24. Which of these includes all the words in a clause or sentence except the subject and its modifiers
 Complete subject
  Complete predicate
 Simple subject
 Simple predicate
25. What part of a sentence follows modifies or refers back to a direct object?
 Indirect object
 Object complement
 Subject complement
 Direct object
26. What consists of a preposition and its objects and modifiers?
 Noun phrase
 Prepositional phrase
 Verb phrase
 Subject phrase
27. Which of these is not a modifier?
 Article
 Adjective
 Adverb
 Pronoun
28. Which of these is not an adjective?
 humility
 humble
 proud
 interesting
29. Which of these follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence?
 Subject
 Predicate Adjective
 Predicate noun
 Object complement
30. Which completes a linking verb and renames the subject?
 Predicate Adjective
 Predicate Nominative
 Subject complement
 Object complement
31. What is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it?
 Predicate
 Appositive
 Predicate Noun
 Complement
32. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase?
 talk silently
  near the gasoline station
 the basket of fruits
 the naughty and annoying boy
33. Which sentence contains an unexpressed subject?
 Neil, they are coming.
 Neil, come back here.
 What is Neil doing?
 Neil is coming back.
34. What is the unexpressed subject in imperative sentences?
 I
 They
 You
 Me
35. Which part of speech may be used to describe or to modify a noun acting as direct object?
 lazy
 lazily
 slowly
 consecutively
36. Which of these does NOT define a sentence?
 A sentence cannot be just a word; it is always a group of words.
 A sentence contains both a subject and a predicate.
 A sentence ends with a question mark, an exclamation point or a period.
 A sentence expresses a complete thought.
37. Which of these is a sentence fragment?
 You have to go there.
 It’s over.
 The boy near the pool
 Prove it now.
38. What is the verb in the sentence, “She has collected several sports memorabilia”?
 has
 collected
 has collected
 has collected several
39. Which specifies grammatical definiteness of a noun?
 Adjective
 Article
 Adverb
 Pronoun
40. Which of the following is NOT a noun?
 bravery
  gallant
 interesting
 sufficiency

English Verbal Ability Sample Questions with Answers

Answers are already highlighted.
Instruction: Choose the correct answer for each question.
1. Which sentence uses “famish” correctly?
1. After the straight exam, I felt too exhausted and famished to eat my favourite foods.
2. I could eat a horse, I am famish now.
3. I famished my stomach next time you treat me to a meal out.
4. I will bring lots of pizza, that’s a famish.
2. Priscila _______ rather not invest her savings in the stock market.
1. must
2. has to
3. could
4. would
3. Did you have any problem ______ our house?
1. search
2. to search
3. searching
4. for searching
4. I hope you don’t mind _____ joining you.
1. to be
2. I had been
3. that I may
4. my
5. Most basketball players are 6 ____ tall or more.
1. foot
2. feet
3. foots
4. feets
6. These children _____ how to improvise more props for the play.
1. knew
2. knows
3. know
4. known
7. The company will upgrade ______ computer systems next week.
1. there
2. their
 3. its
4. it’s
8. Clara ___________ three thousand words for her essay.
1. have wrote
2. has wrote
3. have written
4. has written
9. You have too many _______ but few time to prove you’re right.
1. hypothesis
2. hypotheses
3. hyphothesises
4. hypothesess
10. Neither Sarah nor Tina _______ the crime yesterday.
1. witness
2. witnesses
3. witnessed
4. witnessing
11. You do like going to the party alone. _____ you?
1. Does
2. Doesn’t
3. Do
4. Don’t
12. We had our house _______ in yellow.
1. painting
2. painted
3. paint
4. to paint
13. He has been exercising but his immune system was steadily _________.
1. weak
2. weaken
3. weakened
4. weakening
14. I was ______ that the weather would be sunny and we would be able to enjoy our swimming.
1. hopeless
2. hopeful
3. hopelike
4. hopely
15. I think it’s not a great idea. I totally ______.
1. misagree
2. unagree
 3. inagree
4. disagree
16. So many ___________ I found in the library, now I’m ready to report.
1. information
2. informations
3. infoes
4. infos
17. My grandpa always feed his flock of _______ early in the morning.
1. sheeps
2. sheep
3. ships
4. ship
18. Happy memories are always remembered, not ________.
1. forget
2. forgets
3. forgot
4. forgotten
19. Flight Z735 ______ yesterday. 350 passengers died in that accident.
1. crush
2. crushed
3. crash
4. crashed
20. There is a ________ message when you look closely at her painting.
1. hid
2. hide
3. hided
4. hidden