Parts of speech exercise Read the instructions given with each question and find the best answer Which set of words are only nouns? a) complexity, analysis, thesis, axis b) ridiculous, sophisticated, anxious, complex c) penance, science, monotonous, vibrancy d) poisonous, stupidity, ignorance, obedience Which set of words are only adjectives? a) kind, vibrant, luminance, eager b) autonomous, eligible, warm, open c) ridicule, ignore, captivate, enchant d) nation, action, event, sympathy Which set of words are only verbs? a) activate, annul, propagate, surrender b) emulate, dilapidated, enamor, renounce c) propaganda, verify, eagerly, overt d) savage, salubrious, sanctimony, photographic Which set of words are only adverbs? a) up, yesterday, hard, fatally b) deadly, open, vast, thoroughly c) privacy, provocatively, anxiously, well d) notion, willingly, publicly, softly Which set of words are only conjunctions? a) down, out, under, with b) so, because, however, yet c) and, but, or, because of d) from, since, as, when Which set of words are only prepositions? a) behind, into, when, as c) between, over, across, to c) from, while, whereas, near d) and, neither, whether, unless Answers a) complexity, analysis, thesis, axis b) autonomous, eligible, warm, open a) activate, annul, propagate, surrender a) up, yesterday, hard, fatally b) so, because, however, yet c) between, over, across, to Notes Nouns are the names of people, things or places Adjectives are describing words Verbs are action words Conjunctions are joining words Adverbs are words used to modify verbs Prepositions are words used to join a noun to another word in the sentence Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)