SAT · English · Parts of Speech — Odd One Out

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Items

   1. run
   2. happy
   3. jump
   4. dance

   Reason

   'happy' is an adjective; the others are verbs.

   Odd item

   happy

2. Items

   1. beautiful
   2. happy
   3. quickly
   4. smart

   Reason

   'quickly' is an adverb; the others are adjectives.

   Odd item

   quickly

3. Items

   1. dog
   2. cat
   3. table
   4. running

   Reason

   'running' is a verb/gerund; the others are nouns.

   Odd item

   running

4. Items

   1. and
   2. above
   3. below
   4. between

   Reason

   'and' is a conjunction; the others are prepositions.

   Odd item

   and

Instructions

Tap the word whose part of speech is different.