1 Parts of Speech and Word Functions Online Quiz Questions

In the sentence “Please light the candle,” what part of speech is light?

True or false: A word's spelling alone determines its part of speech, even when the word appears in different sentences.

In “The careful driver stopped near the bridge,” what sentence function does driver perform in the clause?

In “The runner near the gate waved,” what job does the phrase near the gate perform?

Select all sentences in which the prepositional phrase tells where an action occurs.

In “The careful driver stopped near the bridge,” which noun is the object of the preposition near?

In “Maya smiled because the joke was funny,” how should the clause because the joke was funny be classified?

Select all the words functioning as verbs in “The student opened the book and placed it on the desk.”

True or false: A phrase functions as a unit but does not contain a complete subject–verb combination.

In “She books the tickets,” what part of speech is books?

In “Those books have belonged to my family for years,” what type of phrase is have belonged?

Explain the difference between a word's part of speech and its sentence function. Give an example that identifies both the part of speech and the function of a word in context.

In “The student seems very curious,” what part of speech is “very”?

True or false: A word’s spelling alone determines its part of speech, regardless of how it is used in a sentence.

In “The careful driver stopped near the bridge,” what part of speech is “careful”?

In “The careful driver stopped near the bridge,” which part of speech is “stopped”?

In “a book full of illustrations,” what type of phrase is “full of illustrations”?

In “I called, but no one answered,” what part of speech is “but”?