Exercise on Parts of Speech


1. Identify the word that can be used as a verb.

a. water        b. master        c. work    d. all


2.  A barking dog seldom bites. What "barking" is

a. noun        b. gerund    c. participle    d. adjective


3. He was an adorable person. Which of the following words does the underlined word refer?

a. adjective    b. verb    c. noun    d. adverb


4. What, which, who, that are--

a. demonstrative pronoun     b. relative pronoun
c. distributive pronoun         d. interrogative pronoun 


5. I visited the doctor yesterday. The underlined word is a/an 

a. Adjective         b. adverb         c. verb    d. noun


6. I need some information about the person. Which of the following options does "information" point to?

a. proper noun    b. common noun    c. collective noun    d. abstract noun


7. "Flock" is a/an

a. proper noun         b. common noun    
c. collective noun    d. material noun


8. "City" is a/an

a. proper noun             b. common noun
c. collective noun        d. material noun


9. I know all the students. What does the underlined word refer to?

a. adverb        b. adjective    c. verb     d. pronoun


10. Identify the parts of speech of the underlined word. It has been many years since I last met her. 

a. pronoun    b. adverb    c. conjunction    d. preposition


11. Identify the adverb

a. I met her before.                    b. he did it before us.
c. Think before you ink.            d. none


12. Which one of the followings is conjunction? 

a. I met her before.                b. He did it before us.
c. Think before you ink.        d. none


13. Identify the usage of the preposition from the following options.
 
a. I met her before.            b. Think before you ink.
c. He did it before us.        d. none


14. Which of the following options has used "but" as an adverb?

a. None but (except) John was present in the meeting.
b. She is but (only) a child.
c. She is poor but meritorious.
d. None


15. Which of the following options has used "but" as a preposition?

a. None but (except) John was present in the meeting.
b. She is but (only) a child.
c. She is poor but meritorious.
d. None


16. Which of the following options has used "but" as a conjunction?

a. None but (except) John was present in the meeting.
b. She is but (only) a child.
c. She is poor but meritorious.
d. None


17. Identify the reflexive pronoun.

a. either    b. one    c. me     d. himself


18. Which of the followings is a noun?

a. sign    b. signature    c. adorable    d. narrate


19. What is the function of a participle in a sentence?

a. Noun    b. adverb    c. adjective     d. preposition


20. What is the function of a gerund in a sentence?

a. noun    b. adverb        c. adjective     d. preposition


 21. Dhaka is bigger than any other city in Bangladesh. Here, which parts of speech does the underlined word refer to?

a. noun    b. verb    c. adverb    d. adjective
 

22. Which of the followings is not a verb?

a. enlighten    b. shorten    c. enlarge    d. wider


23. Which one of the following words is not personal pronoun?

a. he    b. me    c. this    d. each


24. Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh. Here, "Dhaka is a 

a. proper noun                b. collective noun
c. common noun            d. material noun


25. Identify the demonstrative pronoun.

a. something    b. everybody
c. those            d. him


26. Which one is an indefinite pronoun?
 
a. everybody            b. somebody
c. nobody                d. all


27. Which one of the following words is a proper adjective?

a. American            b. first
c. beautiful             d. some


28. Which one of the following words is a numerical adjective?

a. American            b. first
c. beautiful             d. adjective


29. Which one of the following words is a qualitative adjective?

a. American    b. first   c. beautiful   d. some


30. Which one of the following words is a quantitative adjective?

a. American    b. first    c. beautiful    d. some


31. This is my pen. The underlined word is a 

a. proper adjective            b. pronominal adjective
c. qualitative adjective     d. quantitative adjective


32. Which one is the cardinal number? 

a. one    b. single    c. one-third    d. a & b


33. Identify the distributive pronoun

a. these     b. myself    c. each    d. that


34. He drives fast. Here, "fast" is a/an

a. adjective    b. verb    c. pronoun    d. adverb


35. He is very happy. "Very" is an adverb of 

a. manner    b. time    c. affirmation    d. intensifier


36. He treated us gently. "Gently" is an adverb of 

a. intensifier    b. downtoner    c. degree    d. manner


37. They are extremely sad. "extremely" is an adverb of 

a. degree    b. manner      c. negation    d. frequency


38. He always does that. The underlined word is an adverb of 

a. manner     b. frequency    c. degree    d. time


39. An adjective describes

a. verb, adverb    b. noun, pronoun    c. verb, noun    d. pronoun, verb


40. an adverb can describe

a. a verb    b. an adverb    c. an adjective    d. all


41. Auxiliary verb is of
 
a. two types    b. three types    c. four types    d. five types


42. Which option of the following ones indicates "be" verb?

a. am    b. should    c. was    d. a & c


43. Identify the modal auxiliary verb.

a. do    b. were    c. was    d. might


44. Which one of the following options is an example of an infinitive verb?

a. will write    b. to write    c. am writing    d. have written


45. Identify the example of a present participle.

a. Walking is good for health.    
b. she is fond of reading.
c. look at the floating raft.   
d. Having finished my work. I went out for a walk. 


46. Identify the example of a past participle.

a. Walking is good for health.
b. she is fond of reading.
c. look at the floating raft.
d. This is the book written by Rabindranath Tagore.


47. Identify the example of a gerund.

a. Walking is good for health.
b. she is fond of reading.
c. look at the floating raft.
d. a & b


48. Identify the example of a perfect participle.

a. Walking is good for health.
b. she is fond of reading.
c. look at the floating raft.
d. Having finished my work, I went out for a walk.


49. He works hard. The underlined word is

a. transitive verb    b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb    d. auxiliary verb 


50. He plays football. The underlined word is 

a. transitive verb    b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb    d. auxiliary verb 


51. He looks smart. The underlined word is 

a. transitive verb    b. intransitive verb
c. linking verb    d. auxiliary verb 


52. Finite verb has been classified into 

a. two types    b. three types
c. four types    d. five types


53. Principal verb has been classified into 

a. two types    b. three types    
c. four types    d. five types


54. Non-finite verb is of 

a. two types    b. three types
c. four types    d. five types


55. Which one is the non-finite verb?

a. infinitive    b. participle    c. gerund    d. all


56. Which one of the followings is the principal verb?

a. transitive    b. intransitive    c. linking    d. all


57. She has finished the task. the underlined word is 

a. linking verb    b. auxiliary verb
c. transitive verb    d. intransitive verb


58. she does it with much confidence. "Does" is

a. a main verb        b. an auxiliary verb
c. a linking verb     d. a non-finite verb


59. Does he do that? "Does" is

a. a main verb       b. an auxiliary verb
c. a linking verb    d. a non-finite verb


60. He is tired. "Is" is

a. a transitive verb    b. an intransitive verb
c. a linking verb       d. a modal auxiliary verb


61. What is the verb of "sharp"?

a. sharpness    b. sharpen    c. sharpening    d. sharp


62. Identify the verb of "belief"

a. belief    b. believe    c. believable    d. a & d.


63. Which pen do you want? The underlined word is

a. a relative adjective         b. an indefinite adjective
c. a possessive adjective    d. an interrogative adjective


64. Somebody needs help. Which pronoun does the underlined word belong to?

a. a demonstrative pronoun    b. an indefinite pronoun
c. a relative pronoun              d. a distributive pronoun


65. Identify the reflexive pronouns.

a. I, we, you, they               b. myself, ourselves, himself
c. this, these, that, those     d. each, every, either


66. He gets sick during the winter season. The underlined word is a 

a. disguised preposition    b. participle preposition
c. detached preposition    d. simple preposition


67. Identify the disguised preposition.

a. about    b. with    c. o'clock    d. a & c  


68. John is good __English

a. in    b. on    c. off    d. at  
   

69. I was surprised  ___ his response.

a. at    b. on    c. by    d. with  


70. T. S. Elliot  and Ezra introduced us ___ a new kind of poetry

a. for    b. by    c. with    d. to 
 

71. Identify the proper noun.

a. Bangladesh    b. Bible    c. Earth    d. all  


72. My college credited TK. 22000 ___ my account.

a. in    b. on    c. to    d. with


73. She has no aptitude ___dance.

a. to    b. with    c. in    d. for


74. What is she angry ___

a. with    b. at    c. to     d. for


75. Who is she angry ___ 

a. with    b. at    c. to    d. for


76. My father sent me a check ___TK. 5000.

a. on    b. of    c. for    d. with


77. The mango is sweet __the taste.

a. by    b. to    c. of    d. on


78. Water freezes __ 0 degree Celsius

a. in     b. on    c. by    d. at. 


79. She is surely innocent __ the crime.

a. in    b. on    c. about    d. of


80. The cottage was on a small island __ the middle of the lack. 

a. on    b. in    c. at    d. by


81. Do you face any difficulty __ a driving license?

a. to get    b. getting    c. in getting    d. having got

Correct Answers:

1. d 

2. c  

3. a 

4.  b

5. b  

6. d  

7. c  

8. b  

9. d  

10. b  

11. a  

12. c  

13.   

14.  

15.  

16.  

17. d 

18. b  

19. c  

20. a  

21. d  

22. d  

23. d  

24. a 

25. c 

26. d  

27. a  

28. b  

29. c  

30. d  

31. b  

32. a  

33. a 

34. d   

35. d 

36. d 

37. a  

38. b 

39. b 

40. d 

41. c 

42. d 

43. d  

44.  b

45. c  

46. d  

47. d 

48. d  

49. b 

50. a 

51. c 

52. a 

53. b  

54. b  

55. d  

56. d  

57. c 

58. a  

59. b  

60. b 

61. b  

62. b  

63. d  

64. b  

65. b 

66. b 

67. c 

68. d  

69.   

70. d 

71. d 

72.  

73.  

74. b 

75. a  

76.  

77. 

78.  d  

79. 

80.    


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