Indentify the word class of each underlined word.

Exercise 1

We elderly people are (1) much better at (2) going to school (3) than the young. We
pay attention in class, we (4) never miss lessons, we (5) do (6) our homework and we
soak (7) up knowledge (8) like a parched camel at the water bowl. I know (9) because
I (10) did it a couple of years ago, at Birkbeck, (11) when my mother was very (12)
poorly. I could nip to college in the evening, have a change of scene, save myself
from breakdown and wallow in history, which I'd wanted to do (13) all my life.

(1) _____________________ (8) _____________________

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(13) _____________________

(14) But there is bad news. My friend Susan is in a panic. She's (15) worried (16) that
the (17) thrilling course on medieval women that she's just started is about (18) to
stop. (19) Here she is, (20) aged 70, having always worked, and this is the first chance
she's had to go to university. Her whole life's perked up, but for (21) how long? The
government is about to pull the plug on certain part-time, (22) evening and lower-
level courses. (23) Funding for these so-called ELQs is about to be withdrawn,
because (24) what does the modern world need with little old ladies learning medieval
history and GCSE Spanish for fun? Or people retraining, or getting their
qualifications up to date, or anyone who can only study in the evenings or weekends,
which is (25) mostly women?

(14) _____________________ (20) _____________________

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Exercise 2

It was (1) 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was (2) lying on the grass in the middle
of the lawn (3) in front of Mrs Shears house. Its eyes were (4) closed. It looked (5) as
if it was running on its side, the (6) way dogs run when they think they are chasing a
cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or (7) asleep. The dog was dead. (8)
There was a (9) garden fork (10) sticking out of the dog. The points of the fork must
have gone all the way through the dog and into the ground because the fork had not
fallen (11) over. I decided that the dog was probably (12) killed with the fork (13)
because I could not see (14) any (15) other wounds in the dog and I do not think you
(16) would stick a garden fork into a dog after it had died for some other reason, (17)
like cancer for example, or a (18) road accident. But I (19) could not be certain about
this.

From: Haddon, Mark. 2003. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
London: Jonathan Cape. p.1.

(1) _____________________ (11) _____________________

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