Word Forms Quiz You can do this quiz online or print it on paper. Look at each list of words and identify what the words in it have in common. 1. a, an, the determiners auxiliaries interjections a) determiners b) auxiliaries c) interjections 2. can't, gimme, won't auxiliaries contractions abbreviations a) auxiliaries b) contractions c) abbreviations 3. creative cat, slippery snake, tiny Tim hyperbole alliteration onomatopoeia a) hyperbole b) alliteration c) onomatopoeia 4. Australia, President Nixon, Lake Ontario palindromes proper nouns compound nouns a) palindromes b) proper nouns c) compound nouns 5. bedroom, six-pack, White House common nouns collective nouns compound nouns a) common nouns b) collective nouns c) compound nouns 6. her, these, which pronouns determiners possessives a) pronouns b) determiners c) possessives 7. break down, get up, put off modal verbs linking verbs phrasal verbs a) modal verbs b) linking verbs c) phrasal verbs 8. a mixed blessing, down to earth, run out of steam idioms quotes proverbs a) idioms b) quotes c) proverbs 9. odd, strange, weird similes adverbs synonyms a) similes b) adverbs c) synonyms 10. broken, chosen, founded irregular verbs past participles past simple forms a) irregular verbs b) past participles c) past simple forms Your score is: Correct answers: