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TRT 2024 English 

Parts of speech play a crucial role in English language as they categorize words based on their function and usage within sentences. Understanding parts of speech helps in constructing grammatically correct sentences, conveying precise meaning, and effectively communicating ideas. Each part of speech serves a specific purpose; for example, nouns identify  people, places, or things, while verbs express actions or states of being. Mastery of parts of speech enhances writing  clarity, facilitates language comprehension, and enables effective communication across various contexts.

Parts of Speech 

1. Choose the conjunction can be used to indicate results.

    1) equally      2) so     3) firstly      4) yet

2. Nick has a small foot on his left hip. Identify the common nouns in the above sentence.

    1) Nick, hip    2) has, small
    3) foot, hip    4) small, left 

3. Select the conjunction that represents a choice between two options.

    1) and         2) but         3) or          4) so

4.“Her happiness was contagious.” Choose the part of speech of underlined word.

    1) noun    2) verb   3) adjective    4) adverb

5 One of the following is not a reflexive pronoun.

    1) myself   2) yourself   3) himself  4) hisself

6. Choose the correct interjection to convey excitement or happiness.

    1) sorry    2) oh no    3) hooray    4) stop

7. I myself will do it. Here myself used as     

    1) Emphatic pronoun  2) Reflexive pronoun
    3) Relative pronoun   4) Reciprocal pronoun

8. Select the superlative form of ‘quickly’.

    1) quick    2) quicker
    3) quickerly    4) most quickly 

9. We enjoyed ourselves at the party. Identify the type of pronoun of the underlined word in the above sentence. 

    1) Personal pronoun
    2) Possessive pronoun
    3) Reflexive pronoun
    4) Demonstrative pronoun

10. He will come to the party ….. he finishes his work. 

 Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence.

    1) so     2) because    3) until       4) when

11. One of the following is not an example of a concrete noun.  

    1) tree      2) joy     3) house      4) river

12. No sooner had I put the phone down than it rang again. The underlined part is...

  1) Sub-ordinate conjunction
  2) Co-ordinate conjunction
  3) Compound conjunction
  4) Simple conjunction

13. Choose the proper noun from the following.

    1) before     2) toes 
    3) arms and legs     4) Australia

14. Choose the word which can be used noun as well as verb

  1) face   2) love     3) play    4) Above all

15. One of the following is not an interjection.

    1) wow!  2) hooray!  3) beautiful  4) ouch!    

16. Identify the type of pronoun in the sentence ‘This book is mine.’

    1) Personal pronoun
    2) Possessive pronoun
    3) Reflexive pronoun
    4) Demonstrative pronoun

17. Choose the word that is an adjective from the following.

    1) beauty   2) noise   3) noisy   4) richness

18. Match the following.

         A                                   B
  i) these                a) indefinite pronoun
  ii) nothing            b) demonstrative  pronoun
  iii) who                c) distributive pronoun
  iv) each               d) relative pronoun

1) i-c, ii-b, iii-a, iv-d     2) i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a 
3) i-b, ii-c, iii-a, iv-d     4) i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c 

19. “Several children played in the park”. Identify the adjective in the above  sentence. 

    1) several   2) park   3) played   4) children    

20. “She is studying for her exams.” Identify the helping verb in the above sentence.

    1) is      2) studying      3) her        4) for

21. One of the following is not an example of an interrogative pronoun.

    1) who      2) what      3) which     4) him

22. Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence. “…… the sun rises ….. the moon appears.”

    1) Either, or    2) Neither, nor
    3) Both, and there fore
    4) Not only, but also

23. Harini took an apple since it was the only fruit in the basket. The underlined word is……

    1) Adverb of time    2) Adverb of place
    3) Adverb of reason    4) Time preposition 

24. A: Whose is this book?
    B: Whose book is this? 

     In which of the above sentences, the word “whose” is used as a pronoun.

    1) Sentence A    2) Sentence B
    3) Both A & B    4) Neither A nor B

25. A: She runs fast.

    B:  I fast on Fridays.
    C: The dog ran at a fast pace. 

    In which of the above sentences, the word “fast” is used as a adjective.

    1) Sentence A & C
    2) Sentence  A, B & C
    3) Sentence C only  
    4) Sentence A only

26. Choose the noun form of the word ‘young’.

    1) younger 2) youth 3) youthful 4) youthfully 

27. Choose the sentence with reciprocal pronoun. 

    1) each student has to donate $100 towards  party fund
    2) one should love one’s country
    3) Vijaya and Suresh loved each other
    4) either of these two boys is dark

28. As they came late, they missed a part of the cinema. 

    Here the underlined word as is

    1) Adverb of reason    2) Conjunction    
    3) Adverb of manner    4) Preposition 

29. This is not my mobile.   The underlined words are

    1) noun, adjective    2) pronoun, adjective
    3) adjective, adjective    4) verb, pronoun

30. You had a fall in Hyderabad and cut your right knee. The underlined word is 

    1) noun   2) adverb   3) adjective     4) verb 

31. I met a stranger who was a pilot. 

     The word who is used as 

    1) Emphatic pronoun  
   2) Reflexive pronoun 
    3) Relative pronoun         
    4) Reciprocal pronoun 

32. We shall finally have what is rightfully our. 

     The underlined words are used as 

    1) Adjective, pronoun    2) Adverb, pronoun 
    3) Pronoun, pronoun     4) Adjective, noun 

33. A: He didn’t make many mistakes. 
    B: He gets a lot of letters but she does not get many. 

    The underlined words are used as 

    1) Adjective, pronoun    2) Adverb, pronoun 
    3) Pronoun, pronoun     4) Adjective, noun 

34. Neither of you is true. The underlined word is 

    1) noun     2) pronoun 
    3) adjective     4) conjunction 

35. Choose the sentence with adverb 

    1) He was clever enough to speak the truth 
    2) I have eaten enough rice 
    3) He is a fast runner 
    4) Ramesh can teach English 

36. Sheela is good teacher so she teaches good. 

    Here the underlined words are used as 

    1) Adjective, pronoun     2) Adverb, pronoun 
    3) Pronoun, pronoun     4) Adjective, adverb 

37. Choose the incorrect phrase of the flowing. 

    1) A drove of cattle    2) A string of horses 
    3) A pride of lions     4) A fleet of sheep 

38. Both sisters are not in good terms with……  Choose the correct pronoun to fill the blank. 

    1) each    2) each other 
    3) one another     4) everyone 

39. Choose the sentence with correct   adjective order. 

    1) The young lady bought a beautiful leather large bag. 
    2) We bought beautiful Italian old furniture. 
    3) It is a brown Indian handmade wooden table. 
    4) I saw a beautiful white horse. 

40. The best is the enemy of the good. 

    The underlined part is 

     1) noun  2) adjective     3) adverb 4) general 

41. When he goes along with his friends, he walks very ……. 

    1) fastly     2) fast      3) faster     4) fastest 

42. Choose the sentence with adverb     

    1) I have come here before 
    2) They sit before principal 
    3) She will come here before it gets dark 
    4) Before it gets dark I will return here. 

43. Choose the sentence with adjective 

    1) Good! you can do it. 
    2) She is very good teacher. 
    3) The best is enemy. 
of the good .
    4) Sheela teaches good. 

Answers

1-2; 2-3; 3-3; 4-1; 5-4; 6-3; 7-1; 8-4; 9-3; 10-4; 11-2; 12-1; 13-4; 14-4; 15-3; 16-2; 17-3; 18-4; 19-1; 20-1; 21-4; 22-2; 23-3; 24-1; 25-3; 26-2; 27-3; 28-2; 29-2.30-1; 31-3: 32-2;  33-1; 34-2; 35-1; 36-4; 37-4; 38-2; 39-3; 40-1; 41-2; 42-1; 43-2.