Quiz
What are word types?
Level A
Circle the right answer for each question.
1) A noun is the name of something. Which of these words is a noun?
A) sing
B) car
2) A noun is the name of something. Which of these words is a noun?
A) bird
B) travel
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3) A proper noun is the name of a place or a person. Which of these is
a proper noun?
A) Peter
B) cat
4) A proper noun is the name of a place or a person. Which of these is
a proper noun?
A) table
B) Manchester
5) What is the noun in this sentence?
I drove the car today.
A) the
B) car
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6) What is the proper noun in this sentence?
Peter drove today.
A) Peter
B) drove
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Quiz
What are word types?
Level B
Circle the right answer for each question.
1) A verb is a doing word.
Which of these words is a verb?
A) picture
B) run
C) dog
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2) What is the verb in this sentence?
I swim every day.
A) every
B) day
C) swim
3) What is the noun in this sentence?
That is a great painting.
A) painting
B) great
C) is
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4) Choose a verb for this sentence.
I _______ cakes on Sunday.
A) swim
B) bake
C) sing
5) Choose a noun for this sentence.
The _______ barked all day long.
A) cat
B) mouse
C) dog
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6) Choose a verb for this sentence.
He _______ all the way to his girlfriend's
house.
A) walked
B) swam
C) cooked
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Quiz
What are word types?
Level C
Circle the right answer for each question.
1) An adjective describes a noun. What is the adjective in this
sentence?
It's a wet day today.
A) a
B) wet
C) today
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2) What is the verb in this sentence?
I cooked a spicy curry.
A) cooked
B) curry
C) spicy
3) What is the noun in this sentence?
I cooked a spicy curry.
A) cooked
B) curry
C) spicy
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4) What is the adjective in this sentence?
I cooked a spicy curry.
A) cooked
B) curry
C) spicy
5) Which word is the proper noun?
A) London
B) flower
C) town
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6) Choose a proper noun to end this sentence.
Wake me up when we get to
A) the end
B) Paris
C) your house
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Quiz - answers
What are word types?
Level A
1) A noun is the name of something. Which of these words is a noun?
The correct answer is B. The word 'car' is a noun. It is the name of
something.
2) A noun is the name of something. Which of these words is a noun?
The correct answer is A. The word 'bird' is a noun. It is the name of
something.
3) A proper noun is the name of a place or a person. Which of these is
a proper noun?
The correct answer is A. Peter is a proper noun. It's the name of a
person.
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4) A proper noun is the name of a place or a person. Which of these is
a proper noun?
The correct answer is B. Manchester is a proper noun. It's the name
of a place.
5) What is the noun in this sentence?
I drove the car today.
The correct answer is B. The right answer is 'car'. It is a noun.
6) What is the proper noun in this sentence?
Peter drove today.
The correct answer is A. The right answer is 'Peter'. Peter is a proper
noun.
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Quiz - answers
What are word types?
Level B
1) A verb is a doing word.
Which of these words is a verb?
The correct answer is B. The verb is 'run'. The other words are
nouns.
2) What is the verb in this sentence?
I swim every day.
The correct answer is C. The verb in this sentence is 'swim'.
3) What is the noun in this sentence?
That is a great painting.
The correct answer is A. The noun in this sentence is 'painting'.
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4) Choose a verb for this sentence.
I ______ cakes on Sunday.
The correct answer is B. The right answer is 'bake'. I bake cakes on
Sunday.
5) Choose a noun for this sentence.
The ______ barked all day long.
The correct answer is C. The right answer is 'dog'. The dog barked
all day long.
6) Choose a verb for this sentence.
He ______ all the way to his girlfriend's house.
The correct answer is A. The right answer is 'walked'. He walked all
the way to his girlfriend's house.
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Quiz - answers
What are word types?
Level C
1) An adjective describes a noun. What is the adjective in this
sentence?
It's a wet day today.
The correct answer is B. The right answer is 'wet'. It is an adjective
that describes the day.
2) What is the verb in this sentence?
I cooked a spicy curry.
The correct answer is A. The right answer is 'cooked'. 'Cooked' is the
doing word.
3) What is the noun in this sentence?
I cooked a spicy curry.
The correct answer is B. The noun is 'curry'.
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4) What is the adjective in this sentence?
I cooked a spicy curry.
The correct answer is C. The right answer is 'spicy'. It describes the
noun.
5) Which word is the proper noun?
The correct answer is A. London is the proper noun. It is the name of
a place and has a capital letter.
6) Choose a proper noun to end this sentence.
Wake me up when we get to
The correct answer is B. The right answer is Paris. It is a proper noun
with a capital letter.
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