Parts of Speech: Interactive Quizzes for Fourth Graders

Question 1

In the sentence 'The dog barked loudly at the mailman', which word is a verb?

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barked

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dog

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loudly

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mailman

Question 2

Which word in the sentence tells us how something is done?

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Slowly

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Dog

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And

Question 3

What kind of word names a person, place, thing, or idea?

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

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Adverb

Question 4

Which word in the sentence 'The dog barked loudly' tells how the dog barked?

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loudly

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The

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dog

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barked

Question 5

Which part of speech answers the question 'How?' or 'In what way?'

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Adverb

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Noun

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Pronoun

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Preposition

Question 6

Which word in the sentence 'She gave me a beautiful present' describes the present?

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beautiful

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She

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gave

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present

Question 7

Which part of speech joins words, phrases, or sentences together?

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Conjunction

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Interjection

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Noun

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Verb

Question 8

Which word in the sentence 'The cat ran quickly across the street' shows where the cat ran?

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across

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The

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cat

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quickly

Question 9

Which part of speech can take the place of a noun or noun phrase?

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Pronoun

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Conjunction

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Interjection

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Verb

Question 10

What kind of word describes a noun?

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 11

Which word describes how an action is done?

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Adverb

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 12

In the sentence 'The girl is singing a song', which word is the verb?

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is singing

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girl

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song

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the

Question 13

In the sentence 'The red car is parked outside', which word is the adjective?

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red

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car

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is parked

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outside

Question 14

In the sentence 'The students ran quickly to the library', which word is the adverb?

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quickly

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students

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ran

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library

Question 15

Which word refers to a person, place, or thing?

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tree

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walk

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blue

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slowly

Question 16

In the sentence 'The big dog barked loudly', which word tells us more about the dog?

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big

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loudly

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dog

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barked

Question 17

Which word shows an action in the sentence 'The students read the book'?

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read

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students

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quickly

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book

Question 18

Which sentence has all three parts of speech: a noun, a verb, and an adjective?

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The dog is brown.

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He ran to the store.

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The quickly car drove away.

Question 19

In the sentence 'The old lady walked slowly', what part of speech is the underlined word?

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Adverb

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 20

Which of these choices is NOT a part of speech?

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Number

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Noun

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Pronoun

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Adverb

Question 21

Which sentence is written correctly?

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The dog barks loudly.

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The dog barks loud.

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The dog bark loudly.

Question 22

Which of the following is a verb?

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jump

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happy

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quickly

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green

Question 23

In the sentence 'The tall tree swayed in the wind', which word is an adjective?

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tall

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tree

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swayed

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wind

Question 24

Which of the following is an adverb?

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slowly

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dog

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run

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big

Question 25

Which part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 26

Which part of speech shows action or state of being?

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Verb

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Noun

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Adjective

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Adverb

Question 27

Which part of speech can modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb?

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Adverb

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 28

Which of the following words is not a part of speech?

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Conjunctions

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Nouns

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Verbs

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Adjectives

Question 29

Which word is a name of a person, place, thing, or idea?

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dog

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quickly

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slowly

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carefully

Question 30

Which sentence has an adjective that describes a noun?

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The house was big.

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The dog barked loudly.

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The boy ran quickly.

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The car drove carefully.

Question 31

Which of these is NOT a part of speech?

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The

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 32

Which word in the sentence 'The playful cat and the friendly dog are playing outside together' connects the two parts of the sentence?

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And

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The

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Are

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Together

Question 33

What word describes a person, place, thing, or idea?

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

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Adverb

Question 34

Which word shows action or a state of being?

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Verb

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Noun

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Adjective

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Adverb

Question 35

Which word describes a noun?

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 36

Which word describes a verb or an adjective?

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Adverb

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 37

Which word can take the place of 'quickly' in the sentence 'The cat ran quickly.'?

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Slowly

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Delicious

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There

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Loudly

Question 38

Which word names a person, place, or thing?

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dog

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quickly

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slowly

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big

Question 39

Which word describes an action or state of being?

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run

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slowly

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table

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blue

Question 40

Which word describes a verb?

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quickly

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house

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tall

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and

Question 41

Which sentence has an adjective that tells us more about the noun 'building'?

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The tall building was beautiful.

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The boy ran to the store.

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He quickly jumped over the fence.

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And the dog chased the cat.

Question 42

Which sentence has an adverb that tells us more about the verb 'jumped'?

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He quickly jumped over the fence.

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The boy ran to the store.

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The tall building was beautiful.

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And the dog chased the cat.

Question 43

Which word is not a part of speech we learned about in this unit?

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Article

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 44

Which word names a person, place, or thing?

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table

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quickly

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and

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beautiful

Question 45

Which word tells what someone or something does?

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jump

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slowly

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tall

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the

Question 46

Which word tells how, when, or where something happens?

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quickly

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or

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blue

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dog

Question 47

Which sentence uses a word that tells how someone ran?

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The children ran quickly to the playground.

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The cat jumped over the fence.

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The happy children played in the park.

Question 48

Which group of words are all names of things?

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table, chair, desk

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jump, run, play

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quickly, slowly, quietly

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happy, sad, angry

Question 49

Which group of words tells what things do?

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jump, run, play

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table, chair, desk

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happy, sad, angry

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quickly, slowly, quietly