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Identifying Part of Speech

August 10, 2024 - pdf

Say what part of speech the given word is.

1. Favorable

Correct! Wrong!

A adjective is a describing word.

2. Fearful

Correct! Wrong!

3. Breach

Correct! Wrong!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, idea etc.

4. Brash

Correct! Wrong!

5. Bungle

Correct! Wrong!

A verb is an action word.

6. Mine

Correct! Wrong!

Possessive adjectives are words like my, his, her, their, our and your. Possessive pronouns are words like mine, his, hers, theirs, ours and yours.

7. Lavishly

Correct! Wrong!

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb.

8. Lovely

Correct! Wrong!

Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs.

9. Deadly

Correct! Wrong!

10. Whether

Correct! Wrong!

11. Despite

Correct! Wrong!

12. Flew

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

  1. favorable – adjective
  2. fearful – adjective
  3. breach – noun
  4. brash – adjective
  5. bungle – verb
  6. mine – possessive pronoun
  7. lavishly – adverb
  8. lovely – adjective
  9. deadly – adjective
  10. whether – conjunction
  11. despite – preposition
  12. flew – verb
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