Parts of Speech MCQs 2026

In "Swimming is good exercise", the word "Swimming" is a

1. Averb✓
2. Badjective✓
3. Cgerund (a noun)✓
4. Dadverb✓

A word that shows ownership, like "my", "your" or "his", is a

1. Ademonstrative pronoun✓
2. Breflexive pronoun✓
3. Crelative pronoun✓
4. Dpossessive adjective (pronoun)✓

The reflexive pronoun in "He hurt himself" is

1. AHe✓
2. Bhimself✓
3. Churt✓
4. Dthere is none✓

In "Oh! What a surprise", the word "Oh" is a

1. Ainterjection✓
2. Bnoun✓
3. Cverb✓
4. Dadverb✓

Which of the following is a pronoun

1. Arun✓
2. Bblue✓
3. Cthey✓
4. Dslowly✓

Which of the following is an adjective

1. Arun✓
2. Bhappily✓
3. Cbeautiful✓
4. Dunder✓

Which of the following is a verb

1. Atable✓
2. Bhappy✓
3. Cquickly✓
4. Dwrite✓

Which of the following is a preposition

1. Aand✓
2. Bbetween✓
3. Cthey✓
4. Dsing✓

The eight traditional parts of speech include noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and

1. Ainterjection✓
2. Bsentence✓
3. Cparagraph✓
4. Dsyllable✓

Understanding parts of speech helps mainly in

1. Aconstructing grammatically correct sentences✓
2. Bcounting money✓
3. Cdrawing maps✓
4. Dcooking food✓

In "The book on the table is mine", the phrase "on the table" is a

1. Anoun phrase✓
2. Bverb phrase✓
3. Cadjective✓
4. Dprepositional phrase✓

The word that names a person, place, thing or idea is a

1. Anoun✓
2. Bverb✓
3. Cadverb✓
4. Dpreposition✓

A word used in place of a noun is a

1. Averb✓
2. Badjective✓
3. Cpronoun✓
4. Dadverb✓

A word that expresses an action or a state of being is a

1. Anoun✓
2. Bverb✓
3. Cadjective✓
4. Dpreposition✓

A word that describes or modifies a noun is an

1. Aadverb✓
2. Bverb✓
3. Cpronoun✓
4. Dadjective✓

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb is an

1. Anoun✓
2. Badverb✓
3. Cpreposition✓
4. Dconjunction✓

A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word, such as "in", "on" or "under", is a

1. Aconjunction✓
2. Bverb✓
3. Cadverb✓
4. Dpreposition✓

A word that joins words, phrases or clauses, such as "and", "but" or "or", is a

1. Aconjunction✓
2. Bpreposition✓
3. Cinterjection✓
4. Dpronoun✓

A word that expresses sudden emotion, such as "Wow!" or "Alas!", is an

1. Aadverb✓
2. Badjective✓
3. Cinterjection✓
4. Dnoun✓

In the sentence "She sings beautifully", the word "beautifully" is a

1. Anoun✓
2. Badjective✓
3. Cadverb✓
4. Dverb✓

In the sentence "The tall boy ran quickly", the word "boy" is a

1. Anoun✓
2. Bverb✓
3. Cadjective✓
4. Dadverb✓

In the sentence "He is very intelligent", the word "very" is an

1. Anoun✓
2. Bverb✓
3. Cadjective✓
4. Dadverb✓

In the sentence "They played in the park", the word "in" is a

1. Averb✓
2. Bpreposition✓
3. Cnoun✓
4. Dadverb✓

A proper noun is one that names a

1. Acommon everyday object✓
2. Bfeeling✓
3. Cgroup✓
4. Dspecific person, place or thing and begins with a capital letter✓

A common noun refers to

1. Aa specific individual only✓
2. Ba general class of persons, places or things✓
3. Can action✓
4. Da feeling only✓

A collective noun names

1. Aone single item✓
2. Ban action✓
3. Ca group of persons or things, such as team or flock✓
4. Da quality✓

An abstract noun names

1. Aan idea, quality or feeling that cannot be touched, such as honesty✓
2. Ba physical object✓
3. Can action word✓
4. Da place only✓

The words "a", "an" and "the" are called

1. Aarticles✓
2. Bpronouns✓
3. Cverbs✓
4. Dadverbs✓

In "Ali and Sara are friends", the word "and" is a

1. Apreposition✓
2. Bnoun✓
3. Cadverb✓
4. Dconjunction✓

A pronoun such as "I", "you", "he" or "they" is called a

1. Ademonstrative pronoun✓
2. Bpersonal pronoun✓
3. Crelative pronoun✓
4. Dreflexive pronoun✓

In "This is my book", the word "this" is a

1. Apersonal pronoun✓
2. Breflexive pronoun✓
3. Cdemonstrative pronoun✓
4. Drelative pronoun✓

In "The man who called is my uncle", the word "who" is a

1. Apersonal pronoun✓
2. Brelative pronoun✓
3. Cdemonstrative pronoun✓
4. Dinterrogative pronoun✓

A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning is a

1. Aintransitive verb✓
2. Bauxiliary verb✓
3. Ctransitive verb✓
4. Dlinking verb✓

A verb that does not take a direct object is an

1. Aintransitive verb✓
2. Btransitive verb✓
3. Cmodal verb✓
4. Dhelping verb✓

In "She is happy", the verb "is" functions as a

1. Atransitive verb✓
2. Baction verb✓
3. Cmodal verb✓
4. Dlinking (copular) verb✓

Words like "can", "may", "must" and "should" are

1. Amain verbs✓
2. Bnouns✓
3. Cmodal (auxiliary) verbs✓
4. Dadjectives✓

An adjective that answers "how many" or "how much" is a

1. Aproper adjective✓
2. Bdescriptive adjective✓
3. Cdemonstrative adjective✓
4. Dquantitative (numeral) adjective✓

In "the beautiful garden", the word "beautiful" is a

1. Adescriptive adjective✓
2. Badverb✓
3. Cnoun✓
4. Dpronoun✓

An adverb of time answers the question

1. Ahow✓
2. Bwhen✓
3. Cwhere✓
4. Dwhy✓

An adverb of place answers the question

1. Awhen✓
2. Bhow✓
3. Cwhy✓
4. Dwhere✓

The word "quickly" is an example of an adverb of

1. Amanner✓
2. Btime✓
3. Cplace✓
4. Dfrequency✓

A conjunction such as "because", "although" or "since" that joins a dependent clause to a main clause is a

1. Acoordinating conjunction✓
2. Bsubordinating conjunction✓
3. Ccorrelative conjunction✓
4. Dpreposition✓

The pairs "either...or" and "neither...nor" are examples of

1. Asubordinating conjunctions✓
2. Bprepositions✓
3. Ccorrelative conjunctions✓
4. Dinterjections✓

In "He runs fast", the word "fast" is a

1. Aadverb✓
2. Bnoun✓
3. Cpreposition✓
4. Dconjunction✓

A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a

1. Averb only✓
2. Bnoun✓
3. Cpreposition✓
4. Dconjunction✓