1. Name: ______________________
PARTS OF SPEECH AND SENTENCE TYPES TEST
MULTIPLE CHOICE: select the correct answer and shade in the appropriate bubble.
1. Which one is a declarative sentence?
a) Where are you going after school? b) Use a number two pencil.
c) I love taking tests! d) This is easy.
2. Which one is an exclamatory sentence?
a) Put your name on your test. b) When are we going to get another English lesson?
c) I love Chris Brown! d) The pen is blue.
3. Which one is an interrogative sentence?
a) Where is the restroom? b) This is the restroom.
c) Let me go. d) I need to use the restroom!
4. Which one is an imperative sentence?
a) Tell him that you like him. b) I have to clean my room.
c) Where were you last night? d) We won the game!
5. What is the difference between a declarative and imperative sentence?
a) A declarative sentence has no subject. b) An imperative sentence has no predicate.
c) An imperative sentence has no subject. d) A declarative sentence has no predicate.
6. Which one of the following words is a concrete noun?
a) run b) car
c) speed d) to
7. Which one of the following words is an action verb?
a) jump b) is
c) in d) cat
8. Which one of the following words is a helping verb?
a) hug b) robot
c) have d) her
9. Which of the following words is an adverb?
a) tall b) beautifully
c) quick d) should
10. Which one of the following words is an adjective?
a) noisy b) noisily
c) noise d) been
11. Which one of the following words is a preposition?
a) ouch b) will
c) over d) cat
12. Which one of the following words is an interjection?
a) through b) pencil
c) me d) please
13. Which one of the following words is a pronoun?
a) Torrence b) inside
c) would d) him
14. Which one of the following words is an abstract noun?
a) have been b) Mount Rushmore
c) fat d) beauty
2. MATCHING: Match the terms with the definitions:
15. imperative sentence
16. declarative sentence
17. adverb
18. adjective
19. preposition
20. interjection
21. abstract noun
22. concrete noun
23. pronoun
24. helping verb
25. action verb
26. interrogative sentence
27. exclamatory sentence
28. subject
29. predicate
a. tells us “if” or “when” something happened
b. a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun
c. a sentence that ends with a period and has a clear subject
d. a word that tells us the locations of objects
e. an idea or quality, a thing that you cannot touch
ab. a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence
ac. what the sentence is about
ad. a sentence that expresses emotion and ends with an exclamation point
ae. a word that modifies or describes a verb or an adjective
bc. what happens in the sentence
bd. a word that expresses something you can do
be. a word that expresses emotion and is followed by a comma or an
exclamation point.
cd. sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.
ce. a person place or thing
de. a sentence that gives a command and does not have a clear subject
IDENTIFY: examine the underlined words and determine what part of speech they are.
The mean teacher quickly gave the students homework.
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30. What part of speech is the word mean acting as in the above sentence?
a) verb b) noun
c) adverb d) adjective
31. What part of speech is the word teacher acting as in the above sentence?
a) preposition b) pronoun
c) noun d) predicate
32. What part of speech is the word quickly acting as in the above sentence?
a) noun b) verb
c) adjective d) adverb
33. What part of speech is the word gave in the above sentence?
a) verb b) pronoun
c) adverb d) preposition
Hey! You should find my cellular phone. It is under the chair.
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34. What part of speech is the word Hey acting as in the above sentence?
a) preposition b) pronoun
c) interjection d) helping verb
35. What part of speech is the word should acting as in the above sentence?
a) action verb b) helping verb
c) pronoun d) preposition
36. What part of speech is the word find acting as in the above sentence?
a) preposition b) pronoun
c) interjection d) helping verb
37. What part of speech is the word under acting as in the above sentence?
a) preposition b) pronoun
c) interjection d) helping verb