Identifying Parts of 32

Speech 10 Questions from this section comes in CDS

Directions : Each of the following sentences has a word or phrase underlined.
Read the sentences carefully and find which part of speech the underlined word
belongs to. Indicate your response on the answer sheet accordingly.
1. They wandered around aimlessly. 10. The cat loves comfort.
(a) Verb (b) Adjective (a) Indefinite article
(c) Intensifier (d) Noun (b) Definite article
2. We went away after they had left. (c) Intensifier
(a) Pronoun (b) Adjective (d) Subject
(c) Intensifier (d) Conjunction 11. All the pilgrims rested for a while
3. Public culture is associated with under the banyan tree.
extremely new civil societies. (a) Adverb (b) Place value
(a) Adverb (b) Intensifier (c) Preposition (d) Verb
(c) Adjective (d) Noun Clause 12. The wonderful statue of the
4. You are paying less attention to leader welcomes all people to
your studies these days. city."
(a) Adverb (b) Adjective (a) Object (b) Adjective
(c) Intensifier (d) Noun (c) Noun phrase (d) Noun
5. Why, is it really Sujata on the 13. This is his pen.
phone? (a) Possessive pronoun
(a) Interjection (b) Adjective (b) Possessive adjective
(c) Intensifier (d) Noun (c) Adverb
6. Sit down and rest a while. (d) Verb
(a) Adverb (b) Adjective 14. When people found that the jewel
(c) Intensifier (d) Noun was in records of Rahim, they
7. Rakesh is too old to run fast. gave it to him.
(a) Adverb (b) Conjunction (a) Pronoun (b) Nominative
(c) Intensifier (d) Noun (c) Noun (d) Adverb
8. For the next genera-tion of 15. It is eleven O'clock now and all of
interior architects and design us should retire to bed.
graduates, work opportunities are (a) Personal pronoun
immense. (b) Relative pronoun
(a) Adverb (b) Adjective (c) Impersonal pronoun
(c) Noun (d) Pronoun (d) Verb
9. Life is a solo fight, and each 16. The flower is very beautiful.
person makes his or her own (a) Adjective (b) Adverb
journey. (c) Preposition (d) Conjunction
(a) Noun (b) Adjective 17. This boy is stronger than Ramesh.
(c) Intensifier (d) Adverb (a) Pronoun (b) Adjective
(c) Article (d) Adverb
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18. I hurt myself. (c) Adverb
(a) Noun (d) Noun phrase
(b) Pronoun 28. Love your neighbour as thyself
(c) Demonstrative preposition (a) Noun (b) Pronoun
(d) Adjective (c) Preposition (d) Adjective
19. The ants fought the wasps. 29. Ravi won the match with a huge
(a) Intransitive verb margin
(b) Transitive verb (a) Intransitive verb
(c) Demonstrative verb (b) Transitive verb
(d) Adjective (c) Demonstrative verb
20. I can hardly believe it. (d) Adjective
(a) Adjective (b) Preposition 30. There was an exultation in the
(c) Adverb (d) Verb group
21. The preacher said, “No one is (a) Adjective
above the all powerful” (b) Adverb
(a) Adverb (b) Place value (c) Adjectival Noun
(c) Preposition (d) Verb (d) Noun
22. The most beautiful seven 31. He has been working in the
monkeys of the landlord were Department of Foreign Affairs
taken for a stroll since 2002.
(a) Object (b) Adjective (a) Adverb (b) Adjective
(c) Noun phrase (d) Noun (c) Intensifier (d) Noun
23. Alas! He has been defeated 32. The man in dark blue is the one
(a) Adjective (b) Adverb who made us win the match.
(c) Interjection (d) Conjunction (a) Relative clause
24. The man who is in the green shift (b) Interrogative pronoun
is the chief of the day (c) Relative pronoun
(a) Pronoun (d) Affirmative
(b) Relative noun 33. The most beautiful actor of the
(c) Demonstrative pronouns industry was awarded today.
(d) Assertive noun (a) Adjective (b) Numeral
25. He has been living in the jungle (c) Adverb (d) Noun
for long and he knows all the 34. “What is the latest news ?” asked
animals here the Captain.
(a) Subordinating conjunction (a) Relative pronoun
(b) Coordinating conjunction (b) Adjective
(c) Preposition (c) Adverb
(d) Personal pronoun (d) Adjectival clause
26. They have been driving since 35. Noticing the change in the
early morning behaviour of the officer, the
(a) Adjective (b) Adverb cadets returned to their position.
(c) Noun (d) Comparison (a) Participle
27. This time we woke up to the virus (b) Present continuous
related diseases (c) Noun phrase
(a) Demonstrative (d) Noun
(b) Article

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36. When he reached the department, (c) Conjunction
the officials had left for the (d) Interjection
meeting. 45. She truthfully answered the
(a) Past perfect verb detective’s questions.
(b) Past tense (a) Verb (b) Adjective
(c) Dependent clause
(c) Noun (d) Adverb
(d) Independent clause
37. He has offered her another 46. Hurrah! We won the game!
chance. (a) Interjection
(a) Intransitive verb (b) Conjunction
(b) Past tense (c) Noun
(c) Perfect tense (d) Pronoun
(d) Transitive verb
47. The son writes meaningless
38. The building is very ancient.
letters to his father.
(a) Transitive verb
(b) Intransitive verb (a) Adverb (b) Verb
(c) Phrasal verb (c) Pronoun (d) Adjective
(d) Auxiliary verb 48. The secretary himself visited the
39. Hurrah! What a scintillating affected families.
beauty the landscape is ! (a) Verb (b) Noun
(a) Conjunction (c) Adverb (d) Pronoun
(b) Adjective
49. The children were walking
(c) Adverb
through the forest.
(d) Interjection
40. Ravi was declared as the winner (a) Verb (b) Adverb
in the tie because he had hit the (c) Adjective (d) Preposition
most number of fours and sixes. 50. The Presiding Officer walked
(a) Conjunction slowly to the dais.
(b) Interjection (a) Adverb (b) Adjective
(c) Adverb (c) Verb (d) Noun
(d) Cause
41. Rita eats her dinner quickly.
(a) Verb (b) Preposition Answer Key
(c) Adjective (d) Adverb 1. (3) 14. (1) 27. (1) 40. (1)
42. He thought the movie ended 2. (4) 15. (3) 28. (2) 41. (1)
abruptly. 3. (2) 16. (2) 29. (2) 42. (2)
(a) Noun (b) Adverb 4. (2) 17. (2) 30. (4) 43. (3)
(c) Verb (d) Adjective 5. (1) 18. (2) 31. (1) 44. (3)
43. I will meet you in the third week 6. (4) 19. (2) 32. (3) 45. (4)
of August. 7. (3) 20. (3) 33. (1) 46. (1)
(a) Pronoun (b) Verb 8. (3) 21. (3) 34. (2) 47. (4)
(c) Preposition (d) Noun 9. (2) 22. (2) 35. (1) 48. (4)
44. Jasmines and roses are my 10. (2) 23. (3) 36. (1) 49. (4)
favourite flowers. 11. (3) 24. (1) 37. (3) 50. (1)
(a) Verb 12. (4) 25. (2) 38. (2)
(b) Preposition 13. (2) 26. (2) 39. (4)

KD LIVE 522 Class Notes : Identifying Parts of Speech