Deck 1: Parts of Speech

Question 1

Did early humans kill Neanderthals, intermarry with them, $\underline{\text { or }}$ outbreed them?

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

Answer 1

conjunction

Question 2

Poe also created the convention of the narrator $\underline{\text { Who} }$ is an admiring friend.

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

Answer 2

pronoun

Question 3

The professor $\underline{\text { noticed }}$ that John was even more disorganized than usual.

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

Answer 3

verb

Question 4

The historical Dracula, a prince called Vlad, ruled the Romanian region $\underline{\text { of} }$ 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 $\underline{\text { amateur }}$ detective.

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

Question 6

In most early stories about him, $\underline{\text { his }}$ 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 $\underline{\text { conventions }}$ 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 $\underline{\text { shabby }}$ 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 $\underline{\text { quickly }}$ in urban areas.

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

Question 10

He had a headache $\underline{\text { from }}$ 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 $\underline{\text { coats} }$ .

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 $\underline{\text { Wrote }}$ "The Raven."

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

Question 13

In what has been called an earth-shattering discovery , 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 $\underline{\text { brutal} }$ rule.

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

Question 15

Unfortunately, the koala $\underline{\text { bear} }$ is facing extinction.

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

Question 16

Coyotes are highly resourceful, $\underline{\text { highly }}$ 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 $\underline{\text { they} }$ are hunting in the vicinity.

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

Question 18

Coyotes travel singly or in packs, and $\underline{\text { hunt }}$ small animals at night.

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

Question 19

Because $\underline{\text { he} }$ 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 $\underline{\text { terrible }}$ 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, $\underline{\text { but} }$
to teach people how to make bombs.

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

Question 22

Koalas are $\underline{\text { especially }}$ susceptible to devastation and disease.

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

Question 23

Opinion polls show that Australians $\underline{\text { Worry }}$ about the koala's future.

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

Question 24

$\underline{\text { They }}$ 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 $\underline{\text { poisoned }}$ 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 $\underline{\text { quickly }}$ 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, $\underline{\text { but }}$ eucalyptus forests are rapidly disappearing.

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