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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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Understanding word classes

Question 1 of 10 Question 1 of 10

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A noun is a naming word e.g. table, love, Cambridge

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 10 Question 2 of 10

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Which of the following groups are types of nouns?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Common

  • Abstract

  • Active

  • Proper

  • Passive

  • Collective

Explanation

Question 3 of 10 Question 3 of 10

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Look at the text in this image. Drag and drop the capital letters to correctly identify the proper nouns being used here.

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Drag an answer into the correct orange point.

    P
    B
    Y
    W
    F
    A
    C
    M
    S
    E

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Question 4 of 10 Question 4 of 10

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Proper nouns always start with capital letters

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 5 of 10 Question 5 of 10

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What is the correct definition of a verb?

Select one of the following:

  • A word that describes an action

  • A word that describes a noun

  • A word that describes a state of doing, having or being

  • A word that describes how an action is being done

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Question 6 of 10 Question 6 of 10

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Click on each orange point and select the correct answer.

Verbs 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.

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Question 7 of 10 Question 7 of 10

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Adverbs describe how actions are done

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 8 of 10 Question 8 of 10

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Choose 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 ( neatly, carefully, slowly ) so there were no twists.

2) She threw her arms around her friend, kissed her ( extravagantly, passionately, lightly ), and then ran home.

3) She danced ( ecstatically, gracefully, beautifully )

4) My thoughts raced ( madly., wildly., quickly. )

5) I felt my head spin ( giddily, wildly, madly ) to the point of fainting.

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Question 9 of 10 Question 9 of 10

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A noun phrase contains a noun and at least one adjective to describe it.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 10 of 10 Question 10 of 10

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Extra 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.

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Drag an answer into the correct orange point.

    under the sofa
    an amazing
    alarmingly busy
    the big fluffy
    through a place like this
    fluffy
    under the table
    on the sofa
    on a place like this
    the towering white wedding
    near the children's playground
    the large
    on the table
    the biggest
    busy
    in the Antarctic
    in a place like this
    the small
    the big
    over there
    over the Antarctic
    a beautiful, lasting
    the white wedding
    near the playground
    in the table
    the alarmingly busy
    the tall wedding
    a lovely
    on the Antarctic

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