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Homework 1 - Parts of Speech

This document provides a homework assignment on parts of speech. It contains four sections: 1) matching parts of speech definitions, 2) identifying parts of speech for highlighted words, 3) identifying parts of speech for words from a passage, and 4) choosing the correct word to fill in blanks. The homework covers key parts of speech including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

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Homework 1 - Parts of Speech

This document provides a homework assignment on parts of speech. It contains four sections: 1) matching parts of speech definitions, 2) identifying parts of speech for highlighted words, 3) identifying parts of speech for words from a passage, and 4) choosing the correct word to fill in blanks. The homework covers key parts of speech including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.

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Homework 1: Parts of Speech

I. Direction: Match the part of speech to the correct definition.

1. Pronouns a. Words that name people,


places, things, or ideas

2. Adverbs b. Words that modify nouns or


pronouns

3. Verbs c. Words that connect words,


phrases, or clauses

4. Adjectives d. Words that describe a


relationship between a noun
or pronoun and another
element in the sentence

5. Conjunctions e. Words that show emotion

6. Prepositions f. Words that modify verbs,


adjectives, and adverbs

7. Nouns g. Words that show an action


or a state of being

8. Interjections h. Words that take the place of


nouns

II. Direction: Give the appropriate part of speech of the highlighted words.

1. I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.


preposition
adjective
noun

2. What did she ask you to do?

conjunction
preposition
pronoun

3. I left my shoes under the kitchen table.

adjective
preposition
pronoun

4. If we finish our work quickly we can go to the movies.

adverb
conjunction
verb

5. On Saturdays I work from nine to five.

verb
preposition
adverb

6. I want to go to a university in the United States.

adjective
preposition
noun

7. I'm sure I've met your girlfriend before.


verb
preposition
interjection

8. Well, I don't think I'll be home before 6.

interjection
preposition
pronoun

9. Andy knocked on the door but nobody answered.

adverb
adjective
conjunction

10. After lunch let's go out for a coffee.

pronoun
preposition
verb

III. Direction: Identify which part of speech each highlighted word belongs.

When (1) Mary Lennox (2) was (3) sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live (4) with
her uncle, everybody (5) said she was the (6) most disagreeable-looking child ever
seen. It was true, too. (7) She had a little thin face (8) and a little thin body, thin
light hair and a (9) sour expression. (10) Her hair was (11) yellow, and her face
was yellow (12) because she had been born (13) in (14) India and had always
been ill in one way (15) or another.

From “The Secret Garden


By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Answers:
1.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

IV. Direction: Choose the correct word to fill in the blank from the choices
listed in a and b.

1. I am doing ______.
a. good b. well

2. You play the piano _____.


a. beautiful b. beautifully

3. I would like two glasses of _____.


a. milk b. milks

4. _____ is coming to the concert.


a. Her b. She

5. Yesterday, I ________ for two hours!


a. play b. played

6. This song is _______ than that song.


a. more better b. better
7. I sat ____ the coffee shop.
a. In b. between

8. My sister _______ to play the flute.


a. is learning b. have learned
9. I ____ sleepy.
a. are b. am

10.This closet is _____ than my closet!


a. more organized b. most organized

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