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Review: Parts of Speech
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in each of the following sentences.
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The clown chased a dog around the ring and then fell flat on her face.
- 1.1 verb
- 1.2 noun
- 1.3 pronoun
- 1.4 adjective
- 1.5 adverb
- 1.6 preposition
- 1.7 conjunction
- 1.8 interjection
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The geese indolently waddled across the intersection.
- 2.1 verb
- 2.2 noun
- 2.3 pronoun
- 2.4 adjective
- 2.5 adverb
- 2.6 preposition
- 2.7 conjunction
- 2.8 interjection
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Yikes! I’m late for work.
- 3.1 verb
- 3.2 noun
- 3.3 pronoun
- 3.4 adjective
- 3.5 adverb
- 3.6 preposition
- 3.7 conjunction
- 3.8 interjection
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Bruno’s shabby cap tumbled out of his pocket when the bus suddenly swerved.
- 4.1 verb
- 4.2 noun
- 4.3 pronoun
- 4.4 adjective
- 4.5 adverb
- 4.6 preposition
- 4.7 conjunction
- 4.8 interjection
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Fred angrily stamped out the fire that he had accidently started on his veranda.
- 5.1 verb
- 5.2 noun
- 5.3 pronoun
- 5.4 adjective
- 5.5 adverb
- 5.6 preposition
- 5.7 conjunction
- 5.8 interjection
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Later that summer she asked herself, "What was I thinking of?"
- 6.1 verb
- 6.2 noun
- 6.3 pronoun
- 6.4 adjective
- 6.5 adverb
- 6.6 preposition
- 6.7 conjunction
- 6.8 interjection
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She thought that the twenty zucchini plants would not be enough so she planted another ten.
- 7.1 verb
- 7.2 noun
- 7.3 pronoun
- 7.4 adjective
- 7.5 adverb
- 7.6 preposition
- 7.7 conjunction
- 7.8 interjection
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Although she gave hundreds of zucchini away, the enormous mound left over frightened her.
- 8.1 verb
- 8.2 noun
- 8.3 pronoun
- 8.4 adjective
- 8.5 adverb
- 8.6 preposition
- 8.7 conjunction
- 8.8 interjection
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Everywhere she went, she talked about the prolific veggies.
- 9.1 verb
- 9.2 noun
- 9.3 pronoun
- 9.4 adjective
- 9.5 adverb
- 9.6 preposition
- 9.7 conjunction
- 9.8 interjection
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The executive confidently made his presentation to the board of directors.
- 10.1 verb
- 10.2 noun
- 10.3 pronoun
- 10.4 adjective
- 10.5 adverb
- 10.6 preposition
- 10.7 conjunction
- 10.8 interjection
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Frankenstein is the name of the scientist, not the monster.
- 11.1 verb
- 11.2 noun
- 11.3 pronoun
- 11.4 adjective
- 11.5 adverb
- 11.6 preposition
- 11.7 conjunction
- 11.8 interjection
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Her greatest fear is that the world will end before she finds a comfortable pair of pantyhose.
- 12.1 verb
- 12.2 noun
- 12.3 pronoun
- 12.4 adjective
- 12.5 adverb
- 12.6 preposition
- 12.7 conjunction
- 12.8 interjection
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That suitcase is hers.
- 13.1 verb
- 13.2 noun
- 13.3 pronoun
- 13.4 adjective
- 13.5 adverb
- 13.6 preposition
- 13.7 conjunction
- 13.8 interjection
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Everyone in the room cheered when the announcement was made.
- 14.1 verb
- 14.2 noun
- 14.3 pronoun
- 14.4 adjective
- 14.5 adverb
- 14.6 preposition
- 14.7 conjunction
- 14.8 interjection
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The sun was shining as we set out for our first winter camping trip.
- 15.1 verb
- 15.2 noun
- 15.3 pronoun
- 15.4 adjective
- 15.5 adverb
- 15.6 preposition
- 15.7 conjunction
- 15.8 interjection
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Small children often insist that they can do things by themselves.
- 16.1 verb
- 16.2 noun
- 16.3 pronoun
- 16.4 adjective
- 16.5 adverb
- 16.6 preposition
- 16.7 conjunction
- 16.8 interjection
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Dust covered every surface in the cottage.
- 17.1 verb
- 17.2 noun
- 17.3 pronoun
- 17.4 adjective
- 17.5 adverb
- 17.6 preposition
- 17.7 conjunction
- 17.8 interjection
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The census taker knocked loudly on the door but nobody was home.
- 18.1 verb
- 18.2 noun
- 18.3 pronoun
- 18.4 adjective
- 18.5 adverb
- 18.6 preposition
- 18.7 conjunction
- 18.8 interjection
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They wondered if there truly was honour among thieves.
- 19.1 verb
- 19.2 noun
- 19.3 pronoun
- 19.4 adjective
- 19.5 adverb
- 19.6 preposition
- 19.7 conjunction
- 19.8 interjection
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