A Test on the Parts of Speech
Why Are the Parts of Speech Important?
This is a test to help you recognize the parts of speech (i.e., adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, determiners, interjections, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs).The parts of speech are the building blocks of language ... every language! Knowing whether a word is a noun, verb, adjective, etc. will help you understand how words fit together in sentences. Also, you must know these terms because teachers, text books, and websites use them to explain grammar rules, especially when teaching foreign languages.
The good news is that these terms are common to every language, even if the words look and sound different. Once you're confident with the parts of speech, you will be able to take your writing to the next level, and you'll be able to learn foreign languages more easily and much faster.
How To Play
(1) Click on a picture to select a story.
(2) Click on a word in yellow and name the part of speech.
(3) There are 10. You need 80% to pass.
Choose Your Story
volcanoes
The Great Wall
aliens
Titanic
robots
Julius Caesar
Genghis Kahn
Coco the Clown
Marcel Marceau
the shark
fairies
dinosaurs
ants
my family
Pied Piper
Cinderella
moon
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Reminder on the Parts of Speech
Here is a reminder of each part of speech:
- Adjectives: Words that tell us more about a person, place, or thing (e.g., big, red, happy).
- Adverbs: Words that tell us more about actions or other words (e.g., quickly, very, well).
- Conjunctions: Words that join ideas or sentences together (e.g., and, but, because).
- Determiners: Words that come before nouns to show which one or how many (e.g., a, the, some).
In this test, words like "his," "her", "their" (called possessive determiners or possessive adjectives) are classified as determiners. Of course, they are a lot like pronouns as they represent nouns. However, in this test possessive determiners are classified as determiners and not pronouns.
- Interjections: Words we use to show feelings or surprise (e.g., wow!, ouch!, hey!).
- Nouns: Words that name people, places, things, or ideas (e.g., dog, school, love).
- Prepositions: Words that show position, time, or direction (e.g., in, on, under).
- Pronouns: Words we use instead of nouns (e.g., he, she, it, they).
- Verbs: Words that show action or being (e.g., run, eat, is).
This page was written by Craig Shrives.
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