Student Resources

Chapter 2: Overview of Parts of Speech

	1.	Interjections are one of the connectors in parts of speech.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	2.	Prepositions are insignificant words in a sentence.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	3.	Action verbs require linking verbs.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	4.	Identify the correct part of speech for the italicized word. Each person in our office has a private voice mailbox and a personal password.

		a.	n.
		b.	adj.
		c.	adv.
		d.	prep.

	5.	The word to is an example of a conjunction.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	6.	Identify the correct part of speech for the italicized word. The Lee family owns three wireless phones.

		a.	n.
		b.	pron.
		c.	adv.
		d.	v.

	7.	Identify the correct part of speech for the italicized word. Computers allow the military to replace troops with technology.

		a.	n.
		b.	interj.
		c.	conj.
		d.	prep.

	8.	You use nouns in most sentences that you write.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	9.	Words describing nouns are adverbs.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	10.	Identify the correct part of speech for the italicized word. Remarkable! Most consumers had no contact with the Internet until after 1995.

		a.	n.
		b.	interj.
		c.	conj.
		d.	adj.