CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “The rich should help the poor,” what is “rich”?
A. Verb
B. Preposition
C. Adjective used as a plural noun
D. Adverb
Correct Answer: C
'The rich' means rich people collectively.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “The rich man donated generously,” what is “rich”?
A. Adverb
B. Noun
C. Pronoun
D. Adjective
Correct Answer: D
Rich describes the noun 'man'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “Many were absent,” what part of speech is “Many”?
A. Preposition
B. Determiner
C. Adjective
D. Pronoun
Correct Answer: D
Many stands independently for 'many people/students'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “There are many books,” what part of speech is “many”?
A. Adverb
B. Pronoun
C. Determiner
D. Verb
Correct Answer: C
Many quantifies the noun 'books'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “We will leave tomorrow,” what is “tomorrow”?
A. Adjective
B. Preposition
C. Adverb of time
D. Pronoun
Correct Answer: C
Tomorrow tells when the action will occur.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “Come here,” what is “here”?
A. Noun
B. Adjective
C. Preposition
D. Adverb of place
Correct Answer: D
Here tells where to come.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “He often visits us,” what is “often”?
A. Adverb of place
B. Adjective
C. Adverb of frequency
D. Conjunction
Correct Answer: C
Often tells how frequently the action occurs.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “She sings beautifully,” what is the function of “beautifully”?
A. Preposition of place
B. Adjective of quality
C. Adverb of time
D. Adverb of manner
Correct Answer: D
Beautifully tells how she sings.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “He worked despite the rain,” what part of speech is “despite”?
A. Adverb
B. Conjunction
C. Preposition
D. Interjection
Correct Answer: C
Despite is followed by the noun phrase 'the rain'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “The child cried because he was hungry,” what part of speech is “because”?
A. Pronoun
B. Subordinating conjunction
C. Adverb
D. Preposition
Correct Answer: B
Because introduces a subordinate clause giving reason.
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Parts of Speech
In “Either you apologize or you leave,” what part of speech is “either”?
A. Pronoun
B. Interjection
C. Correlative conjunction
D. Preposition
Correct Answer: C
Either works with 'or' to connect alternatives.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “Either answer is acceptable,” what part of speech is “Either”?
A. Determiner
B. Adverb
C. Conjunction
D. Verb
Correct Answer: A
Either modifies the singular noun 'answer'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “Both passed the test,” what part of speech is “Both”?
A. Determiner
B. Preposition
C. Pronoun
D. Adjective
Correct Answer: C
Both stands alone in place of 'both students', so it is a pronoun.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “Both students passed,” what part of speech is “Both”?
A. Pronoun
B. Adverb
C. Conjunction
D. Determiner
Correct Answer: D
Both comes before and determines the noun 'students'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “I have seen him before,” what part of speech is “before”?
A. Adverb
B. Adjective
C. Preposition
D. Conjunction
Correct Answer: A
Before has no object here and modifies 'have seen'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “We left after the meeting ended,” what part of speech is “after”?
A. Preposition
B. Subordinating conjunction
C. Adjective
D. Pronoun
Correct Answer: B
After introduces the dependent clause 'the meeting ended'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “After the meeting, we left,” what part of speech is “After”?
A. Adverb
B. Conjunction
C. Preposition
D. Interjection
Correct Answer: C
After is followed by the noun phrase 'the meeting'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “It was an early train,” what part of speech is “early”?
A. Verb
B. Adjective
C. Adverb
D. Pronoun
Correct Answer: B
Early describes the noun 'train'.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “The train arrived early,” what part of speech is “early”?
A. Conjunction
B. Adjective
C. Noun
D. Adverb
Correct Answer: D
Early tells when the train arrived, so it modifies the verb.
CSS - PMS - Precis & Composition
Parts of Speech
In “He runs fast,” what part of speech is “fast”?
A. Adverb
B. Preposition
C. Noun
D. Adjective
Correct Answer: A
Fast modifies the verb 'runs'.