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Advanced Practice Exercises - Parts of Speech
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1
Identify the noun(s) in the following sentence.
Studying with friends makes learning easier.
A)Studying/friends/learning
B)Studying/friends/easier
C)friends/makes/learning
2
Identify the noun(s) in the following sentence.
History is my favourite subject in university.
A)History/my/favourite
B)History/subject/university
C)favourite/subject/university
3
Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
Whenever they come to town, we meet them for lunch.
A)they/we/them
B)they/come/them
C)come/to/them
4
Identify the pronoun(s) in the following sentence.
He wrote me a short letter expressing his thanks.
A)wrote/me/his
B)He/me/his
C)He/me/short
5
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
He called yesterday and said he was fine.
A)called/said/was
B)yesterday/fine
C)called/yesterday/said
6
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
The math problem proved more difficult than they had expected.
A)math/problem
B)proved/had expected
C)proved/difficult/had expected
7
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
My sister spoke to her boss and explained the problem.
A)spoke/explained
B)spoke/boss/explained
C)sister/boss/problem
8
Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence.
He ate a fried egg and drank a cup of coffee.
A)ate/fried/drank
B)ate/drank
C)fried/coffee
9
Identify the gerund(s) in the following sentence.
In declaring that all men had been created equal, the founding fathers set the stage for the abolition of slavery, which came nearly ninety years later.
A)declaring
B)stage
C)abolition
D)declaring/slavery
10
Identify the interjection(s) in the following sentence.
Alas, the end of the summer is upon us, and we still have not found time to go to the beach.
A)Alas
B)end/summer
C)Is/have
D)Alas/still





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