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Understanding word classes
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Questions in this quiz (10)
1A noun is a naming word e.g. table, love, Cambridge
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Which of the following groups are types of nouns?
- ACommon
- BProper
- CAbstract
- DActive
- EPassive
- FCollective
3Look at the text in this image. Drag and drop the capital letters to correctly identify the proper nouns being used here.
- AS
- BW
- CC
- DP
- EE
- FY
- GM
- HB
- IF
- JA
4Proper nouns always start with capital letters
- ATrue
- BFalse
5What is the correct definition of a verb?
- AA word that describes an action
- BA word that describes a state of doing, having or being
- CA word that describes how an action is being done
- DA word that describes a noun
6Verbs can be active, being done by the person, animal etc. . or they can be passive, being done to or experienced by the person, animal etc. . Choose from the drop-down menus to correctly label the verbs in these sentences as either active or passive.
- AActive
- BPassive
- CActive
- DPassive
- EActive
- FPassive
- GActive
- HPassive
- IActive
- JPassive
- KActive
- LPassive
- MActive
- NPassive
7Adverbs describe how actions are done
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Choose the adverb from the drop-down menus that most vividly describe the verb in each sentence.
1) I laid out the new halyard on deck, flaking it [blank_start]neatly[blank_end] so there were no twists.
2) She threw her arms around her friend, kissed her [blank_start]extravagantly[blank_end], and then ran home.
3) She danced [blank_start]ecstatically[blank_end]
4) My thoughts raced [blank_start]madly.[blank_end]
5) I felt my head spin [blank_start]giddily[blank_end] to the point of fainting.
- Aneatly
- Bcarefully
- Cslowly
- Dextravagantly
- Epassionately
- Flightly
- Gecstatically
- Hgracefully
- Ibeautifully
- Jmadly.
- Kwildly.
- Lquickly.
- Mgiddily
- Nwildly
- Omadly
9A noun phrase contains a noun and at least one adjective to describe it.
- ATrue
- BFalse
10Extra detail can be added to nouns to create noun phrases. These make writing more interesting. To create noun phrases you need to start with a noun and then add adjectives in front of the noun to describe it. Noun phrases can be extended further by adding phrases after the noun that start with a preposition.
For each of the nouns listed, drag and drop an adjective in front and a phrases after to create an extended noun phrase.
- Aalarmingly busy
- Bbusy
- Cthe alarmingly busy
- Dnear the playground
- Enear the children's playground
- Fthe big fluffy
- Gthe big
- Hfluffy
- Ion the sofa
- Jover there
- Kunder the sofa
- Lthe biggest
- Mthe small
- Nthe large
- Oin the Antarctic
- Pon the Antarctic
- Qover the Antarctic
- Ra beautiful, lasting
- Sa lovely
- Tan amazing
- Uin a place like this
- Von a place like this
- Wthrough a place like this
- Xthe towering white wedding
- Ythe tall wedding
- Zthe white wedding
- AAon the table
- ABunder the table
- ACin the table
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- A quiz of various question types to help learners understanding how the different parts of speech in English work.
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- Sarah Holmes
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- English
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