Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives for Kids Quiz

Question 1

What is a noun?

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A naming word — a person, place, animal, or thing

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An action word like 'run' or 'jump'

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A describing word like 'happy' or 'big'

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A connecting word like 'and' or 'but'

Question 2

Which word is a noun in this sentence? 'The cat sat on the mat.'

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cat

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sat

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on

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the

Question 3

What is a verb?

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An action or doing word — what someone or something does

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A naming word for a person or place

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A word that describes a noun

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A word that joins two sentences together

Question 4

Which word is the verb in: 'The dog barked loudly at the postman.'?

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barked

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dog

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loudly

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postman

Question 5

What is an adjective?

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A word that describes or tells us more about a noun

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A word that names a thing or person

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An action word like 'skip' or 'smile'

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A word that replaces a noun

Question 6

Which word is the adjective in: 'She had a beautiful dress.'?

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beautiful

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she

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had

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dress

Question 7

Which of these words is a noun?

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elephant

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quickly

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blue

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jumped

Question 8

Which of these words is a verb?

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swim

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happy

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school

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purple

Question 9

Which of these words is an adjective?

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gigantic

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tree

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run

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slowly

Question 10

In the sentence 'The tiny kitten drank some milk', what is 'tiny'?

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Adjective

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Noun

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Verb

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Adverb

Question 11

How many nouns are in this sentence? 'The girl found a coin in the park.'

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3

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1

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2

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4

Question 12

Which sentence has TWO adjectives?

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He wore a stripy, woolly hat.

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The dog ran fast.

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She ate her lunch quickly.

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They walked to the shop.

Question 13

Which of these is a proper noun (the name of a specific person, place, or thing)?

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London

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city

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woman

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table

Question 14

Which word is the verb in: 'My sister baked a chocolate cake yesterday.'?

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baked

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sister

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chocolate

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cake

Question 15

Which sentence uses an adjective correctly?

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The fluffy rabbit hopped away.

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She runned quickly.

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He smiled happy.

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They goes to school.

Question 16

What type of noun is 'happiness'?

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An abstract noun (something you can feel but not touch)

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A proper noun

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A concrete noun (something you can touch)

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A collective noun

Question 17

Choose the adjective that best completes the sentence: 'She had a ___ smile that lit up the room.'

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radiant

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ran

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quickly

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yesterday

Question 18

In 'The chef carefully prepared the delicious meal', how many adjectives are there?

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1

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0

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2

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3

Question 19

Which of these is an example of a collective noun (a word for a group)?

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flock

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running

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enormous

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beautiful

Question 20

Identify the noun, verb, and adjective in: 'The angry lion roared.'

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noun=lion, verb=roared, adjective=angry

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noun=angry, verb=lion, adjective=roared

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noun=the, verb=angry, adjective=roared

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noun=roared, verb=angry, adjective=lion