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Work 4
Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech:
the verb, the noun, the pronoun,
the adjective, the adverb, the preposition,
the conjunction, and the interjection.
Each part of speech
explains not what the word is, but how the word is used.
In fact, the same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or
adjective in the next.
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in each of the following
sentences:
- The clown chased
a dog around the ring and then fell flat on her face.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- The geese indolently waddled
across the intersection.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Yikes! I'm late for
class.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Bruno's shabby thesaurus tumbled out of the
book bag when the bus suddenly pulled out into traffic.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Mr. Frederick
angrily stamped out the fire that the local hooligans had
started on his verandah.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Later that
summer, she asked herself, "What was I thinking
of?"
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- She thought that
the twenty zucchini plants would not be
enough so she planted another ten.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Although she gave
hundreds of zucchini away, the enormous mound left over frightened
her.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Everywhere she
went, she talked about
the prolific veggies.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- The manager confidently made his presentation to
the board of directors.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Frankenstein is the name of the scientist, not the
monster.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Her greatest fear
is that the world will end before she finds a comfortable pair of panty-hose.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- That suitcase
is hers.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Everyone in the room
cheered when the announcement was made.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- The sun was
shining as we set out for our first winter camping
trip.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Small children often
insist that they can do it by themselves.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Dust covered every
surface in the locked bedroom.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- The census taker
knocked loudly on all the doors but nobody was
home.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- They wondered if
there truly was honour among thieves.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
- Exciting new products and
effective marketing strategies will guarantee the company's success.
- Verb
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Interjection
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