Parts of Speech Trivia Quiz

Answer: Noun

The word "Alice" is a noun.
I saw Alice playing in the school ground.
Noun: A word used for naming anything like a person, an object or an idea is called a noun.

Answer: Verb

The word "running" is a verb. She has been running since morning.
Verb: A word that expresses an action is called a verb.

This form of the verb can also be used as a noun (Running is my favorite sport.) or as an adjective (Our family has a running joke about turning left being right.).

Answer: Adverb

The word "slowly" is an adverb.
Tom is walking slowly because his left leg was injured yesterday in an accident.
Adverb: An adverb is a word that changes or describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Answer: Adjective

The word "hungry" is an adjective.
The old man was hungry but he couldn't find anything to eat for his dinner.
Adjective: Adjective is a word that qualifies a noun or a pronoun by describing it.

Answer: Pronoun

The word "they" is a pronoun.
Tom and Jerry were enemies of each other but they lived in the same house.
Pronoun: A word used as a substitute for a noun is called a pronoun.

Answer: Preposition

The word "on" is a preposition.
The syllabus books are on the table. (Sometimes the destination is implicit: Put your clothes on refers to putting them on you, even though that word is not stated.)
Preposition: Preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to govern it and to link it with the verb used before it.

Answer: Conjunction

The word "but" is a conjunction.
He worked very hard on his project, but he didn't get a good grade from the teacher.
Conjunction: A word which connects two sentences is called a conjunction.

Answer: Interjection

The word "hurrah" is an interjection.
Hurrah! Our team has won the final cricket match.
Interjection: Interjection is a word that expresses strong or sudden emotion. It has an exclamation mark at its end.

Answer: Article

The word "the" is an article.
Where is the dictionary?
Article: The adjectives a, an and the are called articles. Articles are of two types; Definite article (the) and indefinite article (a and an).

Answer: Four

There are nine parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, article, conjunction, preposition and interjection. Out of these nine, four start with vowels. These four parts of speech are adverb, adjective, article and interjection.