Master Word Types: Parts of Speech Learning Quizzes

Question 1

Parts of speech are different types of words used in the English language. Which of the following is NOT a part of speech?

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Article

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Noun

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Adverb

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Pronoun

Question 2

Identify the word that is a noun.

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Dog

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Run

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Quickly

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The

Question 3

Which word in the sentence 'The boy jumps over the fence' is the verb?

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Jumps

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Boy

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Fence

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Over

Question 4

Identify the adjective in the sentence 'The red car drove down the street'.

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Red

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Car

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Drove

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Street

Question 5

Which word in the sentence 'The book is on the table' is the preposition?

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On

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Book

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Table

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Is

Question 6

Identify the word that is a conjunction in the sentence: 'The students studied hard and passed the test'.

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And

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Students

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Hard

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Test

Question 7

Which word in the sentence 'Wow, that was amazing!' is an interjection?

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Wow

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That

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Was

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Amazing

Question 8

Identify the pronoun in the sentence: 'I gave the book to him'.

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Him

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Gave

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Book

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To

Question 9

Which word in the sentence 'The boy ran quickly to the store' is an adverb?

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Quickly

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Boy

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Ran

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Store

Question 10

Identify the type of speech for the underlined word in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly at the stranger'.

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Adverb

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Noun

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Verb

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Adjective

Question 11

Identify the article in the sentence: 'The book is on the table'.

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The

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A

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Is

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On

Question 12

Which word is an action word?

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Run

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Dog

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The

Question 13

Identify the noun in the sentence: The dog barked loudly.

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dog

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barked

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loudly

Question 14

Which word in the sentence is a verb: The car raced down the street.

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raced

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car

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down

Question 15

Identify the adjective in the sentence: The tall tree swayed in the wind.

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tall

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tree

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wind

Question 16

Which word in the sentence is an adverb: The runner moved quickly across the field.

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quickly

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runner

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moved

Question 17

Identify the preposition in the sentence: The book is on the table.

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on

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book

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table

Question 18

Which word in the sentence is a conjunction: I like apples and oranges.

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and

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apples

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oranges

Question 19

Identify the interjection in the sentence: Wow, that was a great movie!

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wow

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movie

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great

Question 20

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

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Sentence

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 21

Identify the proper noun in the sentence: I visited the Statue of Liberty.

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Statue of Liberty

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statue

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liberty

Question 22

Which word in the sentence is a common noun: I saw a dog walking down the street.

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dog

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street

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saw

Question 23

Identify the adjective in the sentence: The beautiful flowers are blooming.

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beautiful

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The

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flowers

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are

Question 24

Which of the following is a noun?

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dog

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run

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and

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quickly

Question 25

Identify the verb in the sentence: The dog jumped over the fence.

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jumped

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The

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over

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dog

Question 26

Which of the following is an adverb?

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slowly

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drove

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The

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car

Question 27

Identify the pronoun in the sentence: He ran to the store.

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he

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The

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boy

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ran

Question 28

Which of the following is an interjection?

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Wow!

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jumped

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dog

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The

Question 29

Identify the preposition in the sentence: The book is on the table.

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on

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The

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is

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table

Question 30

Which of the following is a conjunction?

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and

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dog

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The

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jumped

Question 31

Identify the article in the sentence: I have a book.

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a

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The

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jumped

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dog

Question 32

Identify the word in the sentence 'The friendly golden retriever wagged its tail' that is a noun.

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retriever

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friendly

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wagged

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tail

Question 33

Which part of speech provides more information or describes a noun?

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Adjective

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 34

In the sentence 'The young girl ate her breakfast quickly', which word is an adverb?

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quickly

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ate

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girl

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breakfast

Question 35

Which part of speech links words, phrases, or clauses and shows their relationship?

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Conjunction

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Noun

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Adverb

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Verb

Question 36

Identify the sentence that contains an interjection, which is a word or phrase expressing sudden emotion.

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Wow, that was amazing!

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The children played in the park.

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The cat jumped on the table.

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I need to finish my homework.

Question 37

Which part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb to provide more information?

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Adverb

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Noun

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Conjunction

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Verb

Question 38

Which of the following words takes the place of a noun or noun phrase and shows ownership or belonging?

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My

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Me

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It

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You

Question 39

Which part of speech can stand in for a noun or noun phrase, referring to a person, place, thing, or idea?

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Pronoun

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Adverb

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Adjective

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Verb

Question 40

Identify the word in the sentence 'The book is on the table' that shows the position or location of the book.

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on

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table

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is

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book

Question 41

Identify the adjective in the sentence: "The magnificent castle towered over the town."

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magnificent

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town

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over

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castle

Question 42

In the sentence: "The runner dashed swiftly across the finish line.", the underlined word is a(n):

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adverb

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verb

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adjective

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noun

Question 43

Which part of speech joins words, phrases, or clauses?

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conjunction

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preposition

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noun

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verb

Question 44

Which part of speech expresses actions, states of being, or occurrences?

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verb

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noun

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adjective

Question 45

Identify the interjection in the sentence: "Wow! That was an amazing performance."

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Wow!

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that

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was

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performance

Question 46

Which part of speech modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs?

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adverb

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conjunction

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noun

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preposition

Question 47

Which sentence correctly demonstrates the use of a possessive noun?

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The child's toys are scattered on the floor.

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The childs toys are scattered on the floor.

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The child toys are scattered on the floor.

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The child's toy is scattered on the floor.

Question 48

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: The **statuesque** giraffe stretched its neck to reach the leaves.

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Adjective

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Adverb

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Noun

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Verb

Question 49

Which word in the sentence is a verb? The students **listened** intently during the class.

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listened

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intently

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class

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students

Question 50

Identify the noun in the phrase: The **container** on the table holds my pencils.

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container

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on

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pencils

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the

Question 51

Which of the following words is an adverb? I walked **swiftly** to the library.

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swiftly

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library

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walked

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to

Question 52

The **teacher's** car is parked outside.

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teacher's

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outside

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teacher

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car

Question 53

Choose the word that is a pronoun: The **children** are playing in the park.

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children

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are

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playing

Question 54

Identify the preposition in the sentence: The book is **on** the table.

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on

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table

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book

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is

Question 55

Which word in the sentence is a conjunction? The children played **and** sang all day.

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and

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children

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sang

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played

Question 56

Identify the interjection in the sentence: **Wow!** That was a great movie.

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Wow!

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movie

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That

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was

Question 57

Which of the following words is a compound word? **Classroom**

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Classroom

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Student

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Teacher

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Blackboard