WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-10 MCQs on Parts of Speech

 

10 MCQs on Parts of Speech

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1. "The enthusiastic crowd cheered loudly when their favourite team scored the winning goal." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "cheered."

• A) Adjective
• B) Noun
• C) Adverb
• D) Verb

Answer: D) Verb ("Cheered" expresses the action performed by the subject "the enthusiastic crowd" — it is the main finite verb of the sentence in the simple past tense indicating what the crowd did when their team scored the winning goal.)

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2. "She placed the fragile vase carefully on the shelf to prevent it from falling." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "carefully."

• A) Adjective
• B) Verb
• C) Noun
• D) Adverb

Answer: D) Adverb ("Carefully" modifies the verb "placed" and tells us in what manner she placed the vase on the shelf — adverbs modify verbs adjectives or other adverbs and often answer the questions how when where or to what degree.)

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3. "The golden rays of the morning sun filtered through the thick curtains of the room." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "golden."

• A) Adverb
• B) Verb
• C) Adjective
• D) Noun

Answer: C) Adjective ("Golden" comes before the noun "rays" and describes the colour and quality of the rays of the morning sun — adjectives modify nouns or pronouns and provide additional information about their qualities characteristics or attributes.)

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4. "Honesty is considered one of the most important virtues a person can possess in life." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "honesty."

• A) Adjective
• B) Verb
• C) Adverb
• D) Noun

Answer: D) Noun ("Honesty" is an abstract noun referring to the quality of being truthful and sincere — it functions as the subject of the sentence — abstract nouns name ideas qualities emotions or concepts that cannot be seen or physically touched.)

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5. "She sang and danced at the cultural programme held in honour of the visiting dignitaries." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "and."

• A) Preposition
• B) Interjection
• C) Adverb
• D) Conjunction

Answer: D) Conjunction ("And" is a coordinating conjunction that joins two parallel verbs "sang" and "danced" — conjunctions connect words phrases or clauses of equal or unequal grammatical rank and "and" is one of the seven coordinating conjunctions in English.)

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6. "The old man sat beneath the shade of the large and ancient banyan tree in the park." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "beneath."

• A) Adjective
• B) Adverb
• C) Conjunction
• D) Preposition

Answer: D) Preposition ("Beneath" introduces the noun phrase "the shade of the large and ancient banyan tree" and shows the positional relationship between "the old man" and the tree — prepositions show relationships of place time direction cause or manner between a noun or pronoun and another word.)

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7. "They have been working on this challenging project together for the past several months." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "they."

• A) Noun
• B) Adjective
• C) Pronoun
• D) Adverb

Answer: C) Pronoun ("They" is a third person plural personal pronoun that replaces a noun referring to a group of people — it functions as the subject of the sentence — pronouns are used to avoid repetition of nouns and make communication more efficient and natural.)

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8. "Alas! The brave and courageous soldier breathed his last on the battlefield far from home." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "alas."

• A) Conjunction
• B) Adverb
• C) Preposition
• D) Interjection

Answer: D) Interjection ("Alas" is an interjection that expresses a sudden feeling of grief sorrow or regret — it stands independently at the beginning of the sentence and is followed by an exclamation mark — interjections are words or phrases that express strong or sudden emotions and have no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence.)

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9. "The results of the final examination will be officially declared by the board next week." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "officially."

• A) Adjective
• B) Noun
• C) Adverb
• D) Verb

Answer: C) Adverb ("Officially" modifies the verb phrase "will be declared" and tells us in what manner or capacity the results will be declared — it is an adverb of manner formed by adding the suffix "-ly" to the adjective "official" — adverbs of manner describe how an action is performed.)

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10. "She is an exceptionally gifted and hardworking student who always gives her very best." — Identify the part of speech of the underlined word "an."

• A) Adjective
• B) Pronoun
• C) Conjunction
• D) Article

Answer: D) Article ("An" is an indefinite article used before words beginning with a vowel sound — it is classified as a type of determiner or adjective that introduces the noun phrase "exceptionally gifted and hardworking student" — "an" is used instead of "a" because the following word "exceptionally" begins with a vowel sound.)