Vocabulary and Parts of Speech Quiz

Vocabulary

• Merciless means having or showing no pity.
• Calamity refers to a disastrous event.
• Tormented describes someone who is troubled by great pain or suffering.
• Tempestuous means violently stormy.
• Impedes means to interfere with or slow the progress of something.
• Relentlessly means in a way that continues without stopping; endlessly.

Parts of Speech

• Noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Example: girl, letter, teacher.
• Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. Example: me, she.
• Verb expresses action or being. Example: brought, disappeared.
• Adjective modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. Example: long, young.
• Adverb modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Example: quickly, very.

Additional Vocabulary

• Wearily means in a tired way.
• Straggled means hung in messy strands.
• Rumpled means wrinkled; crumpled.
• Fatigue refers to physical or mental exhaustion.
• Frail means delicate; weak.
• Sheepishly means shyly or awkwardly, as if embarrassed.

Vocabulary

• Merciless: Showing no mercy or pity.
• Calamity: A disastrous event.
• Tormented: Troubled by great pain or suffering.
• Tempestuous: Violently stormy.
• Impeded: Interfered with or slowed the progress of something.
• Relentlessly: Continuing without stopping; endlessly.

Parts of Speech

• Pronoun: Takes the place of a noun.
• Noun: A word that names a person, place, or thing.
  • Nouns can be concrete (physical things) or abstract (ideas)
• Verb: Represents an action or state of being.
• Adjective: Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
• Adverb: Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, often describing how, when, where, or to what extent.

Additional Words

• Wearily: In a tired way.
• Straggled: Hung in messy strands.
• Rumpeld: Wrinkled or crumpled.
• Fatigue: Physical or mental exhaustion.
• Frail: Delicate and weak.
• Sheepishly: In an embarrassed or shy way.