“Bucket of DOOM” Test Review Parts of Speech “Bucket of DOOM” Test Review

Rules of the Game Each team will have a chance to answer its own question. If the answer is incorrect, there is no opportunity to earn points. The correct answer will be given to review.

Rules of the Game When correct answer is given, team will pull a token from one of two buckets: “point bucket” or “bucket of doom” “Point bucket” contains blue and red chips: Blue chips: 100 points Red chips: 50 points “Bucket of doom” contains green and black chips Green chips: 300 points Black chips: LOSE EVERYTHING! RETURN ALL CHIPS! * Team w/ highest amount of tokens wins 3 bonus points on test!

Question # 1 What part of speech names a person, place, or thing?

Answer NOUNS

Question # 2 What type of noun is the following word? “raincoat”

Answer Compound Noun

Question # 3 What category do the following pronouns fall into? Anyone, somebody, everything, few, many

Answer Indefinite Pronouns

Question # 4 What part of speech modifies a noun?

Answer Adjective

Question # 5 The following words are a special type of adjective. What are they called? the a an

Answer Articles

Question # 6 What part of speech stands in the place of a specific noun?

Answer Pronoun

Question # 7 There are two types of action verbs. What are they?

Answer Mental Action Verbs Physical Action Verbs

Question # 8 What part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb?

Answer Adverbs

Question # 9 True or False – Adverbs always end in “ly”

Answer False Some examples include: yesterday, here, worse

Question # 10 What part of speech expresses an action or state of being?

Answer Verbs

Question # 11 What part of speech shows the relationship between a noun and its objects?

Answer Prepositions

Question # 12 What type of verb accompanies an action verb or linking verb, forming a phrase, to show the verb’s tense?

Answer Helping Verb

Question # 13 What part of speech joins words, clauses, and phrases?

Answer Conjunctions

Question # 14 What type of conjunction joins a clause that cannot stand alone without the rest of the sentence?

Answer Subordinate Conjunction

Question # 15 What type of conjunctions are the following? Neither, nor Either, or Not only, but also

Answer Correlative Conjunctions

Question # 16 What part of speech is a word or short phrase that gains attention or adds emphasis?

Answer Interjection

Question # 17 How many nouns are in the following sentence? The birdhouse was in the tree where the cardinals could lay their eggs.

Answer FOUR The birdhouse was in the tree where the cardinals could lay their eggs.

Question # 18 Identify the prepositions in the following sentence: Beyond the valley the mountains were black against the sky.

Answer Beyond the valley the mountains were black against the sky.

Question # 20 Identify the following verb as transitive or intransitive: Then everyone climbed into a tube in the water to float downstream while basking in the sun.

Answer Intransitive

Question # 21 What part of speech is the underlined word? I forgot to study for my Parts of Speech test today! Oops!

Answer Interjection

Question # 22 Identify the adverb in the following sentence: A rather funny clown was juggling oranges.

Answer A rather funny clown was juggling oranges. “Rather” modifies the adjective “funny” and answers the question “how funny?” …. “Rather funny.”

Question # 23 Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: Several friends of mine are going to the concert.

Answer Several friends of mine are going to the concert.

Question # 24 Identify the adverb in the following sentence: We will play a double-header tomorrow.

Answer We will play a double-header tomorrow. “Tomorrow” answers the question “when?”

Question # 25 Choose the correct pronoun: Anybody can learn to set up (his, their) own tent.

Answer Anybody can learn to set up (his, their) own tent. Anybody is singular, making “his” the correct answer.

Question # 26 Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence; THEN identify the noun(s) it stands for. Andrew threw the ball to Sam, who caught it with the glove.

Answer Andrew threw the ball to Sam, who caught it with the glove. “who” stands for Sam “it” stands for the ball

Question # 27 Identify the following words as concrete or abstract nouns. happiness marshmallow trust fear

Answer Happiness – abstract Marshmallow – concrete Trust – abstract Fear - abstract

Question # 28 Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: They are going to the mall tomorrow for the sale.

Answer They are going to the mall tomorrow for the sale.

Question # 29 Identify the following verb as transitive or intransitive: Steve mailed the package just in time for Christmas.

Answer Transitive

Question # 30 Identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence: Visitors to Louisiana can taste many types of seafood in seaside restaurants.

Answer Visitors to Louisiana can eat seafood in seaside restaurants.

Question # 31 Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence: The chocolate icing was very sweet.

Answer The chocolate icing was very sweet.

Question # 32 Choose the correct pronoun: The newspaper featured tornadoes on (their, its) front page.

Answer The newspaper featured tornadoes on (their, its) front page. The pronoun stands for “newspaper” which is singular, not “tornadoes” which is plural.

Question # 33 Identify the adverb in the following sentence: The second speech was less interesting than the first.

Answer The second speech was less interesting than the first. “Less” modifies the adjective “interesting” and answers the question “how interesting?”

Question # 34 Identify the verbs in the following sentence: When she told her story, my how we laughed.

Answer When she told her story, my how we laughed.

Question # 35 Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence; then identify what noun(s) they stand for. The fireman told his crew that they had finally put out the fire.

Answer The fireman told his crew that they had finally put out the fire. “His” stands for fireman “They” stands for crew

Question # 36 Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentences. The small house in the valley was yellow like the sun.

Answer The small house in the valley was yellow like the sun.

Question # 37 Identify the following verb as transitive or intransitive: When we arrived at the beach, I could not wait to swim in the ocean!

Answer Intransitive

Question # 38 Identify the adverb in the following sentence: Michael appears to be unusually tired this morning.

Answer Michael appears to be unusually tired this morning. “Unusually” modifies the adjective “tired” and answers the question, “how tired?”

Question # 39 Identify the pronouns in the following sentence; then identify the nouns they replace. The team won its championship game and Tom was given the MVP for his stellar performance.

Answer The team won its championship game and Tom was given the MVP for his stellar performance. Its replaces team His replaces Tom

Question # 40 Identify the adjective in the following sentence: Kim’s recent trip to the dentist did not go as she had hoped!

Answer Kim’s recent trip to the dentist did not go as she had hoped! “Recent” modifies the noun “trip” and answers the question, “which trip?”