Choose the correct option -Parts of Speech- in English Grammar

Parts of speech in the English language 

Basic Parts of Speech in English 
1. Noun 

A naming word, such as pen, teacher, rose, city etc.

2. Verb

An action or state/linking of a Noun, such as
'The pen writes', 'write' is an action, He is a good teacher. 'is' a linking verb as it links 'he' to 'teacher

3. Pronoun

A word which is used instead of a noun, such as
'John is a good teacher.' and 'he is a good teacher.' 'he' is a pronoun.

4. Adjective

A word that defines a noun or pronoun, such as
'John is a good teacher.' 'good' is an adjective that defines a noun, 'teacher'.

5. Adverb

A word that defines a verb, adjective, and adverb itself, such as
'John sings beautifully. 'beautifully' defines the verb, 'sings'. 

'John sings a good song.' and 'Jonh sings a very good song.' Here   'very' defines an adjective, 'good'.

'John sings a very good song very beautifully.' Here 'very' defines both adjective, 'song' and  adverb, 'beautifully'

6. Preposition

A word that links two nouns with teacher other, such as

I have got a bunch of keys. 'of' links both 'bunch' and 'keys' which are nouns.

He goes to school. 'to' links 'he' to 'school' 

7. Conjunction

A word that joins two sentences with each other, such as
He plays cricket and I play tennis. 'and' is conjunction.

8. Determiner & 

A word that determines a Noun or a Pronoun

I have a motorbike.
9. Interjection.

A word that exclaims feelings and emotions, such as 

Alas! we are lost.

Hurrah! we have won the match. etc. 

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1. He plays cricket daily. 'play' is a /an ____ .  

A) Noun
B) Verb
C) Pronoun
D) Conjunction

ANSWER= (B) Verb
Explanation: He plays cricket daily. 

2. Do you live in the city? 'live is a/an ____ ?.

A) Noun
B) Verb
C) Pronoun
 D) Conjunction

ANSWER= (B) Verb
Explanation: Do you live in the city? 

3. I don't want any more. 'any' is a/an ____

A) Adverb
B) Adjective
C) Preposition
D) Pronoun

ANSWER= (A) Adverb
Explanation: I don't want any more. 

5. I can't run any faster. 'any'  is a/an.___  

A) adverb
B) adjective
C) preposition
D) adverb

ANSWER= (A) Adverb 
Explanation: 'any' is modifying the adjective, 'faster'.  

6. They won't hurt you any. 'hurt' is a/an ___   

A) adverb
B) noun
C) verb
D) adjective

ANSWER= (C) verb
Explanation: The main verb of the subject, 'they'.

7.  Are there any chairs? 'chair' is a/an ____.

A) adverb
B) Noun
C) adjective
D) preposition

ANSWER= (B) Noun
Explanation: Determiner, 'any' is used with a noun.

8. I have got hardly any money. 'hardly' is a/an ____  

A) adverb
B) adjective
C) verb
D) noun  

ANSWER= (A) Adverb
Explanation: 'hardly' is modifying the clause here.  

9. The teacher forbids any talking in class. 'talking' is a/an ____  

A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) pronoun

ANSWER= (C) Noun
Explanation:   Determiner, 'any' is used with 'noun'.

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10.  He piled the books in a heap on her desk, just anyhow.  'anyhow' is a/an ____ 

A) noun
B) pronoun
C) adjective
D) adverb

ANSWER= (D)  adverb
Explanation: 'just' is also an adverb here modifying the adverb, 'anyhow'

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11.  For many people, alas, hunger is part of everyday life. 'alas' is a/an ____  

A) adverb
B) conjunction
C) exclamation
D) adjective

ANSWER= (C) exclamation
Explanation: 'alas' shows feelings about the hunger in the world. 

12. She is taller than I. 'taller' is a/an ____

A) adverb
B) adjective
C) noun
D) pronoun

ANSWER= (B) adjective
Explanation: degrees of adjective: tall - taller -tallest 

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13. She is taller than her mother.  'than' is a/an ____

A) adjective
B) adverb
C) conjunction
D) preposition

ANSWER= (B) Preposition 
Explanation: She is taller than her mother.

14. It was much better than I'd expected. 'than' is a/an ____. 

A) preposition
B) conjunction 
C) noun
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) conjunction
Explanation: It was much better than I'd expected. it joins two sentences.

15. It never takes more than an hour. 'never'  is a/an ____. 

A) noun
B) verb
C) adjective
D) adverb

ANSWER= (D) Adverb
Explanation: It modifies the verb, takes here. 

16. It's less than a mile to the beach. 'less'  is a/an ____.  

A) noun 
B) verb
C) adjective
D) adverb

ANSWER= (C) adjective 
Explanation: degree of adjective: little- less - least. 

17. She is much taller than I. 'than' is a/an ____  

A) preposition
B) conjunction
C) adverb
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) Conjunction
Explanation: She is taller than I (am)

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18. She is prettier than her friend. 'prettier' is a/an ____. 

A) adverb
B) adjective 
C) noun
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) Adjective 
Explanation: degree of adjective: pretty - prettier - prettiest. 

19. This book is good for you to study. 'good' is a/an ____ 

A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) pronoun

ANSWER= (B) Adjective 
Explanation: This book is good for you to study. It modifies the 'book'.

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20. He is a unique teacher. 'unique' is a/an ____. 

A) adverb
B) adjective
C) noun
D) pronoun

ANSWER= (B) Adjective 
Explanation: 'unique' is an absolute adjective, such as universal, perfect, ideal etc. 

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21. My friend is ____ happier today.

A) many
B) much
C) very
D) too

ANSWER= (B) much
Explanation: My friend is much happier today.

22. Tea is ____ hot to take.  

A) adverb
B) verb
C) pronoun 
D) noun

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: Teach is too hot to take.

23. Hard work ___ goes waste.

A) adverb
B) adjective
C) verb
D) conjunction

ANSWER= (D) 
Explanation: Hard work never goes waste. 

24. The wall is high ____ to jump. 

A) verb
B) adverb
C) adjective
D) pronoun

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: The wall is high enough to jump.  

25. She ____ goes to work on time. 

A) adverb
B) pronoun
C) noun
D) verb

ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation: She always goes to work on time.

26. She is ___ tired.

A) interjunction
B) conjunction
C) verb
D) adjective

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: She is very tired. 

27. He is ___ tired to walk. 

A) verb
B) pronoun 
C) noun
D) adverb

ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation: He is too tired to walk. 

28. He spent ___ money he had. 

A) adverb
B) noun
C) pronoun
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: He spent the whole money he had.

29. Please come in. 'in' is a/an ___

A) noun
B) pronoun
C) adverb
D) preposition

ANSWER= (C) adverb
Explanation: The few clothes she has are not worth wearing. 

30. She has ____ big shoes to wear. 

A) adverb
B) preposition
C) adjective
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: She has enough big shoes to wear. 

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31. I would ____ he didn't know about me.  

A) noun
B) pronoun
C) adverb
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: I would rather he didn't know about me.

32. She is ____ pretty to live in this town.

A) adverb 
B) adjective
 C) noun
D) pronoun

ANSWER= (A) 
Explanation: She is too pretty to live in this town. 

33. Two boys were talking to ____. 

A) verb
B) adverb
C) preposition
D) adjective

ANSWER= (D) 
Explanation: Two boys were talking to each other. 

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34. You had ____ now.

A) verb
B) adjective
C) noun
D) preposition

ANSWER= (D) 
Explanation: You had better leave now.. 

35. I have bought a ___ car.  

A) pronoun
B) noun
C) adjective
D) adverb

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: I have bought a two-door car. 

36. ____ sincerely.

A) adjective
B) adverb
C) conjunction
D) interjunction

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: Yours sincerely.

38. The higher we go ____ it is.

A) pronoun
B) noun
C) adverb
D) verb

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: The higher we go the cooler it is 

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39. They would ___ the job tonight. 

A) pronoun
B) noun
C) determiner
D) preposition

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: They would rather finish the job tonight. 

40. She is prettier  ___  her sister.  

A) pronoun
B) noun
C) determiner
D) preposition

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: She is prettier than her sister. 

41. Mr Ali is ___ unique teacher.

A) verb
B) conjunction
C) preposition
D) noun

ANSWER= (A) 
Explanation: Mr. Ali is a unique teacher. 

41. There is a lot of sugar in the sack. 'sugar' is an/a ___

A) noun
B) pronoun
C) verb
D) adverb

ANSWER= (A) uncountable noun
Explanation: There is a lot of sugar in the sack. 

43. He is the _____ of the two boys.

A) verb
B) preposition
C) adverb
D) adjective

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: He is the taller of the two boys.

44. This is a book ____ reading. 

A) noun
B) conjunction
C) adverb
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: This is a book worth reading.

45. There are no ____ than 60 students in the class. 

A) preposition
B) verb
C) noun 
D) pronoun

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: There are no fewer than 60 students in the class.

46. I have only one friend here. 

A) determiner
B) adjective
C) pronoun
D) noun

ANSWER= (A) determiner
Explanation: I have only a few friends here.

47. Iqbal is the greatest than any other Urdu poet. 'than' is an/a ___ 

A) preposition
B) pronoun
C) noun
D) verb

ANSWER= (A) prepositon 
Explanation: Iqbal is the greater than any other Urdu poet.

48. You are a _____ person. 

A) adjective
B) pronoun
C) noun
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: You are a cowardly person.

49. This book is ____ thick to carry. 

A) pronoun
B) noun
C) adjective
D) verb

ANSWER= (B) 
Explanation: This book is much too thick to carry.

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50. The flowers smell ____.

A) pronoun
B) conjunction
C) verb
D) adverb

ANSWER= (C) 
Explanation: The flowers smell sweet. ('smell' is a sense verb here and it takes adjective not adverb)

51. ____ little money is better than none.

A) adverb
B) adjective
C) pronoun
D) noun

ANSWER= A) 
Explanation: A little money is better no money. ('little' means nothing, and 'a little' means something)

52. ____ two students were given the prizes.

A) noun
B) conjunction
C) adverb
D) adjective

ANSWER= C) 
Explanation: The first two students were given the prizes. (ordinal number takes definite article, 'the'

53. ____ students were absent yesterday.

A) preposition
B) verb
C) adverb
D) noun

ANSWER= C) 
Explanation: Many a students were absent yesterday. ('many a' takes singular verb, and 'many' takes plural verb)

54. Have you bought ____ books?

A) pronoun
B) adjective
C) adverb
D) noun

ANSWER= C) 
Explanation: Have you bought any books? ('some' is not used in interrogative sentence, 'any' is used in interrogative sentences)

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55. Akbar, the ____ loved music.

A) adverb
B) interjunction
C) preposition
D) adverb

ANSWER= B) 
Explanation: Akbar, the Great loved music. ('the Great' is the title of King Akbar)