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English – Spotting Errors – Set 2 (Parts of Speech Based)
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- The test contains 20 questions.
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This free practice set from AndamanJobs has 20 questions to be solved in 10 minutes. Every question is listed below with four options. Open Show answer and explanation under a question to see the correct option and why it is correct. Try the timed test above first, then use this list to revise the questions you got wrong.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
We went away after they had left.- A. Adjective
- B. Pronoun
- C. Intensifier
- D. Conjunction
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Answer: D. Conjunction
Here after is used as: Conjunction.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
Public culture is associated with extremely new civil societies.- A. Adjective
- B. Adverb
- C. Noun Clause
- D. Intensifier
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Answer: A. Adjective
Here new is used as: Adjective.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
You are paying less attention to your studies these days.- A. Adverb
- B. Adjective
- C. Intensifier
- D. Noun
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Answer: B. Adjective
Here less is used as: Adjective.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
Why , is it really Sujata on the phone?- A. Interjection
- B. Noun
- C. Intensifier
- D. Adjective
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Answer: A. Interjection
Here Why is used as: Interjection.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
Sit down and rest a while .- A. Adverb
- B. Adjective
- C. Noun
- D. Intensifier
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Answer: C. Noun
Here while is used as: Noun.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
Rakesh is too old to run fast.- A. Adverb
- B. Noun
- C. Intensifier
- D. Conjunction
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Answer: C. Intensifier
Here too is used as: Intensifier.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
For the next generation of interior architects and design graduates, work opportunities are immense.- A. Adjective
- B. Adverb
- C. Noun
- D. Pronoun
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Answer: C. Noun
Here opportunities is used as: Noun.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
Life is a solo fight, and each person makes his or her own journey.- A. Adjective
- B. Adverb
- C. Noun
- D. Intensifier
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Answer: A. Adjective
Here solo is used as: Adjective.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
The cat loves comfort.- A. Definite article
- B. Indefinite article
- C. Subject
- D. Intensifier
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Answer: A. Definite article
Here The is used as: Definite article.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
All the pilgrims rested for a while under the banyan tree.- A. Place value
- B. Preposition
- C. Verb
- D. Adverb
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Answer: B. Preposition
Here under is used as: Preposition.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
The wonderful statue of the leader welcomes all people to the city.- A. Noun Phrase
- B. Noun
- C. Adjective
- D. Object
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Answer: B. Noun
Here statue is used as: Noun.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
This is his pen.- A. Possessive pronoun
- B. Adverb
- C. Possessive adjective
- D. Verb
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Answer: C. Possessive adjective
Here his is used as: Possessive adjective.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
When people found that the jewel was in the records of Rahim, they gave it to him.- A. Nominative
- B. Noun
- C. Pronoun
- D. Adverb
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Answer: C. Pronoun
Here it is used as: Pronoun.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
It is eleven O'clock now and all of us should retire to bed.- A. Personal pronoun
- B. Impersonal pronoun
- C. Verb
- D. Relative pronoun
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Answer: B. Impersonal pronoun
Here It is used as: Impersonal pronoun.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
The flower is very beautiful.- A. Adjective
- B. Conjunction
- C. Preposition
- D. Adverb
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Answer: D. Adverb
Here very is used as: Adverb.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
This boy is stronger than Ramesh.- A. Adverb
- B. Article
- C. Adjective
- D. Pronoun
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Answer: C. Adjective
Here This is used as: Adjective.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
I hurt myself .- A. Pronoun
- B. Demonstrative pronoun
- C. Adjective
- D. Noun
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Answer: A. Pronoun
Here myself is used as: Pronoun.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
The ants fought the wasps.- A. Transitive verb
- B. Adjective
- C. Intransitive verb
- D. Demonstrative verb
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Answer: A. Transitive verb
Here fought is used as: Transitive verb.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
I can hardly believe it.- A. Adverb
- B. Adjective
- C. Verb
- D. Preposition
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Answer: A. Adverb
Here hardly is used as: Adverb.
- Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word or words:
The preacher said, "No one is above the all powerful"- A. Place value
- B. Preposition
- C. Adverb
- D. Verb
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Answer: B. Preposition
Here above is used as: Preposition.