In "The dog ran quickly across the field", which word is the adverb?
Correct: B — quickly. Adverbs tell us how, when or where the action happened: it ran how? Quickly.
Word Classes and Grammar
Spot the adverb, conjunction, preposition and possessive pronoun inside real sentences — a fast, high-frequency 11+ question type.
Grammar questions ask you to name the job a word is doing in that particular sentence. A word can change job, so always test it in the sentence you have been given.
Practising: Adverbs · Conjunctions · Prepositions · Pronouns
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In "We waited until the rain stopped", which word is the conjunction?
Correct: B — until. "Until" joins the two parts of the sentence together, so it is a subordinating conjunction.
In "She put the book on the table", which word is a preposition?
Correct: C — on. A preposition shows position or relationship — "on" tells us where the book is.
In "Their coats are heavier than ours", which word is a possessive pronoun?
Correct: D — ours. "Ours" stands in for "our coats" and shows ownership, which makes it a possessive pronoun. "Their" is a possessive determiner because it sits before a noun.
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