MCQ
Parts of Speech MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 10 Parts of Speech questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1A teacher writes "runs," "sweet," "book" and "under" on the board and asks Class IV learners to arrange these in the order verb → adjective → noun → preposition. Which arrangement is correct?
The required order is verb → adjective → noun → preposition. "Runs" shows action and is a verb, "sweet" describes a quality of a noun and is an adjective, "book" names a thing and is a noun, and "under" shows position and is a preposition. So the correct order is runs, sweet, book, under, which matches option A. This kind of arrangement task is a useful classroom exercise to check if Class IV learners can sort words by the work they do.
Q2In the sentence "Ravi opened the door but he did not enter the room," which word is functioning as a conjunction?
A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases or clauses. In the sentence "Ravi opened the door but he did not enter the room," the word "but" joins the two clauses "Ravi opened the door" and "he did not enter the room." Among the other options, "opened" and "enter" are verbs, while "room" is a noun. Only "but" performs the joining role required for a conjunction, so option B is correct.
Q3Match the words in List I with their part of speech in List II. List I: 1. Wow 2. Under 3. Beautiful 4. And List II: P. Adjective Q. Conjunction R. Preposition S. Interjection Choose the correct match.
"Wow" expresses sudden feeling and is therefore an interjection (S). "Under" shows the position of one thing in relation to another and is a preposition (R). "Beautiful" describes the quality of a noun and is an adjective (P). "And" joins words or sentences and is a conjunction (Q). So the correct mapping is 1-S, 2-R, 3-P, 4-Q. Working through one word at a time and checking what it does in a sample sentence is the recommended classroom strategy for primary learners.
Q4Read the two statements about a primary classroom and choose the correct answer. Statement I: A noun is a word used to name a person, place, animal or thing. Statement II: The words "Ravi," "school," "cow" and "chair" are all examples of nouns suitable for Class III learners.
Statement I states the standard primary-stage definition of a noun as the naming-word for persons, places, animals or things, and that is correct. Statement II gives a small set of words appropriate for Class III: "Ravi" names a person, "school" names a place, "cow" names an animal, and "chair" names a thing — all of them are nouns. Since both statements are true, the correct option is A. This kind of paired-statement check helps the teacher confirm both the definition and a worked example before the lesson moves on.
Q5Consider the following statements about adjectives in primary-stage English. 1. An adjective adds information about a noun or a pronoun. 2. In the sentence "She has a red bag," the word "red" is an adjective describing "bag." 3. The word "slowly" in "He walks slowly" is an adjective. 4. "Many" in "There are many trees" is a word that modifies the noun "trees" by showing number. Which combination of statements is correct?
Statement 1 is correct: adjectives add information about nouns or pronouns, such as size, colour, number or quality. Statement 2 is correct because "red" describes the noun "bag" and is therefore an adjective. Statement 4 is correct in the primary-school grammar sense because "many" modifies the noun "trees" by showing number. Statement 3 is incorrect: "slowly" describes how the action of walking is done, so it modifies the verb and is an adverb, not an adjective. So the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4, which is option D.
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6In the sentence "The little girl quickly ran to the park," which word is functioning as an adverb?
7Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The eight parts of speech in primary English are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection. Reason (R): Each part of speech is identified by the work the word does in a sentence rather than by the word's spelling alone. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate option:
8How many verbs are present in the sentence "Sita reads a story and Rohan writes a letter"?
9Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence: "The book on the table belongs to Meera." — "on" is a:
10Which of the following statements about pronouns is INCORRECT for a Class III–V learner?