Writer's Choice Grade 9

Unit 10: Parts of Speech


1.	A noun represents a/an ________________.
		A)	person, place, or action
		B)	person, place, thing, or idea
		C)	action
		D)	person, place, thing, or action


2.	Sanibel Island is an example of a/an _________________.
		A)	abstract noun
		B)	possessive noun
		C)	proper noun
		D)	collective noun


3.	Which is an example of a collective noun?
		A)	friend
		B)	Jadon
		C)	motion
		D)	family


4.	______________ is a third-person possessive pronoun.
		A)	Theirs
		B)	Yours
		C)	She
		D)	Our


5.	Which of the following is a demonstrative pronoun?
		A)	myself
		B)	those
		C)	mine
		D)	everyone


6.	Which of the following is not a type of verb?
		A)	action
		B)	linking
		C)	intransitive
		D)	possessive


7.	Adjectives modify ________________.
		A)	nouns or pronouns
		B)	verbs only
		C)	adverbs
		D)	nouns only


8.	Which of the following is an indefinite article?
		A)	the
		B)	an
		C)	this
		D)	what


9.	Farthest is an example of what kind of adverb?
		A)	comparative
		B)	positive
		C)	irregular
		D)	superlative


10.	An exclamation is also referred to as a/an ____________.
		A)	conjunction
		B)	interjection
		C)	preposition
		D)	comparison