Deck 1: Parts of Speech

Question 1

Did early humans kill Neanderthals, intermarry with them, outbreed them?

A)noun
B)verb
C)conjunction
D)preposition
E)pronoun

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Poe also created the convention of the narrator is an admiring friend.

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The professor that John was even more disorganized than usual.

A)noun
B)verb
C)adjective
D)pronoun

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The historical Dracula, a prince called Vlad, ruled the Romanian region Wallachia in the fifteenth century.

A)conjunction
B)noun
C)pronoun
D)preposition
E)adjective

Question 5

In "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Poe created C. Auguste Dupin, fiction's first detective.

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Question 6

In most early stories about him, heroic deeds were emphasized.

A)noun
B)pronoun
C)conjunction
D)verb
E)adverb

Question 7

In the 1840s, Poe wrote stories which established many of the of the genre, such as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter."

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Question 8

Inside his backpack, he found dirty socks where his books should have been.

A)noun
B)adverb
C)adjective
D)pronoun
E)conjunction

Question 9

Coyote populations are growing in urban areas.

A)noun
B)verb
C)adjective
D)adverb
E)conjunction

Question 10

He had a headache the extra studying he'd done the night before.

A)noun
B)pronoun
C)verb
D)conjunction
E)preposition

Question 11

Retrievers have thick, water-repellant .

A)noun
B)verb
C)adjective
D)adverb
E)pronoun

Question 12

Most authorities on the subject trace the origins of the detective story to Edgar Allan Poe, the nineteenth-century short story writer, critic, and poet who "The Raven."

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Question 13

In what has been called an earth-shattering , evidence of life on Mars was recently uncovered.

A)adjective
B)adverb
C)noun
D)verb
E)preposition

Question 14

The nickname Dracula, meaning dragon, was given to him because of his rule.

A)conjunction
B)preposition
C)adjective
D)adverb
E)verb

Question 15

Unfortunately, the koala is facing extinction.

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Question 16

Coyotes are highly resourceful, intelligent creatures.

A)noun
B)verb
C)adjective
D)adverb
E)pronoun

Question 17

Distinctive tracks in the snow in park areas tell us that coyotes have moved in and are hunting in the vicinity.

A)noun
B)pronoun
C)verb
D)preposition
E)conjunction

Question 18

Coyotes travel singly or in packs, and small animals at night.

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adverb
E)adjective

Question 19

Because impaled his enemies, he became known as Vlad the Impaler.

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Question 20

Because he was in such a hurry, he left his course textbooks at home.

A)adjective
B)adverb
C)noun
D)verb
E)conjunction

Question 21

Web pages are being used not only to provide sexually explicit material and racist propaganda, to teach people how to make bombs.

A)noun
B)pronoun
C)verb
D)conjunction
E)preposition

Question 22

Koalas are susceptible to devastation and disease.

A)noun
B)verb
C)adjective
D)adverb
E)interjection

Question 23

Opinion polls show that Australians about the koala's future.

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Question 24

say what has happened to the koala is a tragedy caused by an insensitive government.

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Question 25

European settlers huge numbers of koalas for the animal's valuable pelts.

A)noun
B)verb
C)adjective
D)adverb
E)pronoun

Question 26

As late as 1927, open hunting season yielded hundreds of thousands of pelts.

A)noun
B)verb
C)pronoun
D)adjective
E)adverb

Question 27

Eucalyptus leaves are the koala's only food, eucalyptus forests are rapidly disappearing.

A)noun
B)verb
C)conjunction
D)preposition
E)interjection