Parts of Speech Test

A Test on the Parts of Speech

This is a test to help you recognize the parts of speech (i.e., adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, determiners, interjections, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs).
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Click on a highlighted word and then state what part of speech it is:



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Adjectives

What are adjectives? What are compound adjectives?

Adverbs

What are adverbs? What are adverbial phrases? What are adverbial clauses?

Conjunctions

What are conjunctions? Commas and conjunctions

Determiners

What are determiners?

Interjections

What are interjections?

Nouns

What are nouns? When to use capital letters with nouns The different types of nouns Abstract nouns Collective nouns Compound nouns Non-countable nouns (mass nouns) Gender-specific nouns Gerunds Verbal nouns Noun clauses Noun phrases

Prepositions

What are prepositions? What follows a preposition?

Pronouns

What are pronouns? Different types of pronouns

Verbs

What are verbs? Simple past tense Past progressive tense Past perfect tense Past perfect progressive tense Simple present tense Present progressive tense Present perfect tense Present perfect progressive tense Simple future tense Future progressive tense Future perfect tense Future perfect progressive tense