The Classifications of Words

Review Practice Exercise:

Verb or Noun?
Would you like a drink of water? (
I drink only skim milk. (
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Noun or Adjective?
Aluminum is now used in building. (
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An Aluminum pan conducts heat rapidly. (

Adjective or Pronoun?
This is my desk. (
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That story is hard to believe. (

Adverb or Adjective?
We played hard. (
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Dad bought some hard candy.(

REVIEW: THE CLASSIFICATION OF WORDS Identify each italized word in these sentences as noun,
pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection, participle, infinitive, or gerund.
1. They attended a concert by Jackson Browne.
2. Tony made fudge with walnuts and marshmallows.
3. Either Della or Andrea could play the part well.
4. Traveling in the West, Doug saw a ghost town.
5. After the game we congratulated the team.
6. Each season many of the new TV shows are cancelled.
7. Who sponsors the All- Star Game?
8. Deena applied glazed to her pottery mug.
9. Chris taught herself to play folk guitar expertly.
10. The frightened dog ran too fast for me to catch it.
11. Wow! I have never seen such passing!
12. Since the pool opened, we have not seen Derek.