PARTS OF SPEECH - A REVIEW

                           

PARTS OF SPEECH - A REVIEW

     
Learning about the parts of speech is the first step in  grammar study. From learning the parts of speech we begin to understand the use or function of words and how words are joined together to make  meaningful communication.  To understand what a part of speech is, one must understand the idea of  putting similar things together into groups or categories.

 Let's look at some examples of groups.


 EXAMPLES OF SOME GROUPS


COLORS   blue,red yellow,green,black

FRUITS  banana,apple,orange,grapes,lemon


DRINKS  milk,soda,water,coffee,tea

LANGUAGES  Spanish,Arabic,Japanese,English,Tamil


SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER


1)  Which does not go with the others? 
     (i)September (ii) March (iii)Wednesday (iv)October (v)April


2)  Which does not go with the others? 
      (i)apple (ii)cherry(iii) plums(iv) lemon(v)beans


3)  Which does not go with the others? 
      (i)car (ii)radio(iii) train (iv)aeroplane(v) bus


4)  Which does not go with the others? 
     (i)woman(ii) mother(iii) daughter(iv) aunt(v) cousin


5) Which does not go with the others? 
     (i)adjective(ii) article (iii)category(iv) pronoun(v) adverb


6)  Which is not a part of speech? 
      (i)conjunction(ii) noun(iii) preposition(iv) verb(v) classification


7) Which of the following is the name of the category that the other words belong to? 
      (i)History(ii) Geography(iii) Maths (iv)subject (v) English


8)  Which is not a part of speech? 
        (i)preposition (ii)noun (iii)map (iv)interjection(v) pronoun


9)  Which of the following is not the name of a place?
       (i) Ooty (ii) India (iii) comb (iv) Maharashtra (v) Sivakasi


10)  Which is not a part of a body?
        (i) hand (ii) stomach (iii)leg (iv)hop (v)eye