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English Grammar Practice Test: Parts of Speech
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The eight parts of speech in the English language are: Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection.

English Grammar Practice Test: Parts of Speech
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24 Questions

1. Identify the number of verbs in the following sentence.
Harry promised to study all night but instantly fell asleep.
2. What kind of action can a verb express?
3. Identify the number of nouns in the following sentence.
I know that mine and Sarah’s friendship will last forever.
4. Fill in the correct conjunction in the following sentence.
That chocolate cake contains ___ eggs ___ nuts.
5. Identify the number of nouns in the following sentence.
I visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India in the vacation.
6. Identify the number of adjectives in the following sentence.
Her expensive brown English antique new watch stopped working.
7. Fill in the correct preposition in the following sentence.
She hadn’t been to the beach ___ a long time.
8. Fill in the correct preposition in the following sentence.
She hasn’t come to school ___ last week.
9. Identify the number of verbs in the following sentence.
My mother is cooking dinner for us.
10. Fill in the correct preposition in the following sentence.
She hasn’t come to school ___ last week.
11. What is not true about a conjunction?
12. What is not true about a preposition?
13. Which of the following is not an example of a pronoun?
14. What is not true about a noun?
15. What is an interjection?
16. Fill in the correct conjunction in the following sentence.
That chocolate cake contains ___ eggs ___ nuts.
17. Identify the number of verbs in the following sentence.
Harry promised to study all night but instantly fell asleep.
18. Which of the following is not true about an adverb?
19. Identify the number of adverbs in the following sentence.
She has incredibly silky long beautiful hair.
20. Identify the number of nouns in the following sentence.
I know that mine and Sarah’s friendship will last forever.
21. Identify the interjection in the following sentence.
Yes, I do realize the consequences of my actions.
22. What is true about an adjective?
23. What is an interjection usually followed by?
24. Fill in the correct preposition in the following sentence.
She hadn’t been to the beach ___ a long time.