NOUN PRACTICE QUIZ

Select the answer choice that identifies the noun in the sentence.

1. It will take all of your energy and will to be able to walk again.

1. Take
2. All
3. Your
4. Energy
2. The works of many great poets have been placed on reserve.

1. Many
2. Great
3. Placed
4. Reserve
3. The Brooklyn Bridge was opened in 1883.

1. Bridge
2. Was
3. Opened
4. In
4. Sparta and Athens were enemies during the Peloponnesian War.

1. And
2. Were
3. During
4. War
5. Sharks and lampreys are not true fish because their skeletons are made
of cartilage rather than bone.

1. True
2. Because
3. Their
4. Bone
6. Joe, have you met your new boss?

1. Have
2. Met
3. Your
4. Boss
7. Sue’s parents tried living in the north, but they could not adapt to the
cold.

1. North
2. But
 3. Not
4. Adapt
8. Mastering basic mathematics is an important goal for younger students.

1. Mastering
2. Important
3. Younger
4. Students
9. To seize a foreign embassy and its inhabitants is flagrant disregard for
diplomatic neutrality.

1. Seize
2. Its
3. Flagrant
4. Neutrality
10. The Trojans’ rash decision to accept the wooden horse led to their
destruction.

1. Their
2. Led
3. Accept
4. Destruction

1. Many of these people have been ignored.

1. Many
2. These
3. People
4. Ignored
2. Most of the calls to this company are placed on lengthy holds.
1. Most
2. Placed
3. Lengthy
4. Holds
3. The U.S. Declaration of Independence was written in 1776.
1. U.S.
2. Declaration
3. Written
4. In
4. Tom and Dave were in the same platoon during the Gulf War.
1. War
2. And
3. Were
4. During
5. This is a mighty fine job of woodworking, if I do say so myself.
 1. Job
2. Mighty
3. Fine
4. Say
6. My mother tried to live in South Georgia for two years but couldn’t stand the heat.
1. Live
2. Heat
3. Tried
4. But
7. Rosemary, come and meet our new dog!
1. Come
2. Meet
3. Our
4. Dog
8. Keeping warm in the winter is both more difficult and more important for elderly
persons.
1. Keeping
2. Difficult
3. Persons
4. Elderly
9. Susan was exceedingly proud of her beautiful new home.
1. Exceedingly
2. Home
3. Proud
4. Beautiful
10. Napoleon and Hitler were both great military strategists; megalomania, leading to
poor judgment, was their downfall.
1. Downfall
2. Their
3. Leading
4. Military

Parts of Speech Quiz

You can do this grammar quiz online or print it on paper. It tests what
you learned on the Parts of Speech page.

1. I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.

  preposition
 adjective
 noun

2. What did she ask you to do?

 conjunction
 preposition
 pronoun

3. I left my shoes under the kitchen table.

 adjective
 preposition
 pronoun

4. If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.

 adverb
 conjunction
 verb

5. On Saturdays I work from nine to five.

 verb
 preposition
 adverb

6. I want to go to a university in the United States.

 adjective
 preposition
 noun

7. I'm sure I've met your girlfriend before.

  verb
 preposition
 interjection

8. Well, I don't think I'll be home before 6.

 interjection
 preposition
 pronoun

9. Andy knocked on the door but nobody answered.

 adverb
 adjective
 conjunction

10. After lunch let's go out for a coffee.

 pronoun
 preposition
 verb