EXERCISE B1-20All parts of speech
Answer the question for each sentence.
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Which underlined word is a noun?Known for its diversity, Switzerland has four national languages: French, German, Italian, and Romansh.
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Which underlined word is an interjection?“Wow!” she exclaimed. “That is the biggest pancake I have ever seen!”
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Which underlined word is a verb?With its paws moving slightly, the sleeping dog seemed to be dreaming.
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Which underlined word is a pronoun?The public relations firm distributed gift bags to everyone at the conference.
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Which underlined word is an adverb?The bonobo, a primate closely related to the chimpanzee, inhabits the rain forests of Congo.
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Which underlined word is a pronoun?Ryland’s online fantasy football team defeated mine this season.
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Which underlined word is a preposition?Near the end of the Second World War, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin convened at Yalta to reorganize Europe’s political structures.
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Which underlined word is a conjunction?The temperature might dip below freezing tonight, so we should bring our potted plants indoors.
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Which underlined word is an adjective?The Arctic Ocean, which surrounds the North Pole, is the shallowest ocean in the world.
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Which underlined word is a pronoun?Plants consume carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen that humans and other animals need to survive.
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