Parts of Speech

The sun went down. The underlined word is used here as a/an:

a)      preposition

b)      adverb

c)       noun

d)      conjunction

Ans. b [38^th BCS]

A retired officer lives next door. Here, the underlined word is used as a/an:

a)      Gerund

b)      Adverb

c)       Preposition

d)      Participle

Ans. d [38^th BCS]

‘Mutton’ is a/an

a)      Common noun

b)      Abstract noun

c)       Material noun

d)      Proper noun

Ans. c [38^th BCS]

Reading is an excellent habit. Here, the underlined word is a-

a)      Verbal noun

b)      Participle

c)       Verb

d)      Gerund

Ans. d [38^th BCS]

Which one of the following words is an example of a distributive pronoun?

a)      Such

b)      Either

c)       That

d)      Any

Ans. b [38^th BCS]

The mother sat vigilantly beside the sick baby. Here ‘vigilantly’ is-

a)      a noun

b)      an adverb

c)       an adjective

d)      none of the three

Ans. b [37^th BCS]

Frailty, thy name is woman. Here ‘Frailty’ is-

a)      a noun

b)      an adjective

c)       an adverb

d)      a verb

Ans. a [37^th BCS]

Education is enlightening. Here ‘enlightening’ is-

a)      A gerund

b)      A participle

c)       An infinite

d)      A finite verb

Ans. b [37^th BCS]

Verb of ‘Number’ is

a)      Number

b)      Enumerate

c)       Numbering

d)      Numerical

Ans. a [36^th BCS]

Which of the following words can be used as a verb?

a)      Mister

b)      Master

c)       Mistress

d)      Mastery

Ans. b [35^th BCS]

‘He was a rather disagreeable man.’ Here the underlined word is a/an-

a)      Noun

b)      Adjective

c)       Adverb

d)      Preposition

Ans. b [35^th BCS]

I am in the process of collecting material for my story. The underlined word is a/an-

a)      Verb

b)      Adjective

c)       Adverb

d)      Noun

Ans. d [35^th BCS]

Depression is often hereditary. The underlined word is a/an-

a)      Adverb

b)      Adjective

c)       Noun

d)      Verb

Ans. b [35^th BCS]