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Anil17 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Parts of speech again. Clive, help!!!

Hi there

Can you please help me with the following parts of speech questions. My answers are colour-coded below. Am I correct? I am also having problems with assigning parts of speech to "the".

From the following sentences choose (1) the verbs; (2) the nouns; (3) the adjectives; (4) the adverbs; (5) the prepositions; and (6) the conjunctions:
  1. The lofty mountains were covered with deep snow.
  2. The great liner sailed slowly through the narrow channel.
  3. The new-laid eggs were carefully placed over there.
  4. Merrily chimed the Christmas bells.
  5. Stand here, Mary.
  6. Have you finished your adventure story, Sam?
  7. The long tables were beautifully decorated with red and white roses.
  8. The heavy coal lorry rattled nosily over the cobbled roadway.
I have colour coded the answers as below:
From the following sentences choose (1) the verbs; (2) the nouns; (3) the adjectives; (4) the adverbs; (5) the prepositions; (6) the conjunctions and (7) Pronouns:
  1. The lofty mountains were covered with deep snow.
  2. The great liner sailed slowly through the narrow channel.
  3. The new-laid eggs were carefully placed over there.
  4. Merrily chimed the Christmas bells. (Christmas could be an an adjective here as it describes the bells).
  5. Stand here, Mary.
  6. Have you finished your adventure story, Sam?
  7. The long tables were beautifully decorated with red and white roses.
  8. The heavy coal lorry rattled nosily over the cobbled roadway.
  

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Hi, From the following sentences choose (1) the verbs ; (2) the nouns ; (3) the adjectives ; (4) the adverbs ; ( 5) the prepositions ; (6) the conjunctions and (7) Pronouns This colour coding is a hard format to work with. Some of the colours are very simialar, and also I''m having trouble using colours on my computer. I'll do my best.

  • Hi, From the following sentences choose (1) the verbs ; (2) the nouns ; (3) the adjectives ; (4) the adverbs ; ( 5) the prepositions ; (6) the conjunctions and (7) Pronouns This colour coding is a hard format to work with.
  • Some of the colours are very simialar, and also I''m having trouble using colours on my computer.
  • I'll do my best.
  • The lofty mountains were covered with deep snow .
  • 'were' is an auxiliary verb The great liner sailed slowly through the narrow channel .
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Hi,

From the following sentences choose (1) the verbs; (2) the nouns; (3) the adjectives; (4) the adverbs; (5) the prepositions; (6) the conjunctions and (7) Pronouns
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