Say whether a word is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction or determiner in its sentence.
What you practise
Telling nouns, verbs and adjectives apart
Adverbs and pronouns
Words that change class with the sentence
Ends with words such as “light” and “after” that can be several classes. Practice moves up a level when a round goes well and down when it does not.
Sample questions
Each sample comes with the method and the reason every wrong option is wrong. Real practice rounds are ten questions at your level.
Sample question, level 2 of 5
What type of word is “quickly” in this sentence? “She walked quickly to school.”
determiner
adjective
preposition
adverb
pronoun
Show the answer and method
Answer: D, adverb
The method: A adverb describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb. In this sentence “quickly” does that job, so it is an adverb.
Why the other options are wrong:
A, determiner: A determiner comes before a noun to say which one or how many. That is not what “quickly” does here.
B, adjective: A adjective describes a noun. That is not what “quickly” does here.
C, preposition: A preposition shows how things are related in place, time or direction. That is not what “quickly” does here.
E, pronoun: A pronoun takes the place of a noun. That is not what “quickly” does here.
Sample question, level 4 of 5
What type of word is “because of” in this sentence? “The match was cancelled because of the rain.”
determiner
verb
preposition
conjunction
noun
Show the answer and method
Answer: C, preposition
The method: A preposition shows how things are related in place, time or direction. In this sentence “because of” does that job, so it is a preposition.
Why the other options are wrong:
A, determiner: A determiner comes before a noun to say which one or how many. That is not what “because of” does here.
B, verb: A verb is an action or a state of being. That is not what “because of” does here.
D, conjunction: A conjunction joins words, phrases or clauses. That is not what “because of” does here.
E, noun: A noun names a person, place, thing or idea. That is not what “because of” does here.
