Parts of Speech Trivia Quiz

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Nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections are eight commonly accepted parts of speech. However, some people divide these parts of speech into further sub-categories as you will see.
A noun is a naming word. It can be divided into common nouns (like residents), which describes a general thing or person, or proper nouns (like Alice), which describes a specific thing or person.
A verb is a word that tells what an object is doing or being. Two types of verbs are action verb (like running) or linking verb (like is).
An adverb modifies verbs, adjectives, or even another adverb. It's almost always the case that if a word ends in "ly" then it's an adverb (like running).
An adjective modifies nouns or pronouns; an example of an adjective is hungry. Adjectives can further be divided into categories. One category is numeral adjectives, which describes the number or position of something (like first or one). Another category is article adjectives, also called articles: the most common type of adjective. The three examples of articles are a, an, and the.
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, such as they. It is often used to avoid repeating the noun, thus making the phrase or sentence flow more smoothly.
Conjunctions link words or phrases together. Examples include and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet. A mnemonic device to remember conjunctions is FANBOYS.
A preposition is a word that combines with a noun or pronoun with a phrase, such as on).
Interjections are types of exclamations, such as hurrah or ouch. They are usually a sentence unto itself.
Although the words given as examples are matched with its correct part of speech, some words can be identified with multiple parts of speech. For example, running can be an adjective ("Does your family have a running joke?") or as a verb ("Alice is running in the race"). The key to knowing the correct part of speech involves knowing how it is used in a sentence.