September 2, 2020

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IDENTIFYING PARTS OF SPEECH

EXERCISE1

Identifying the Parts of Speech in Literature

Identify the part of speech of each underlined word in the following passage. Write your
answers on the corresponding lines below.
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Manuel walked on stage and 2 the song 3 started 4 immediately. Glassy-eyed from the 5 shock
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of being in front of so many people, Manuel moved 7his lips and 8 swayed in a 9made-up dance
step. He couldn’t see his parents, 10but 11he could see his brother Mario, who was a year
younger, thumb-wrestling 12with a friend. Mario was wearing Manuel’s favorite 13shirt; he
would deal with Mario 14later. He 15saw some 16other kids get up and head 17for the drinking
fountain, 18and a baby sitting in the middle of an aisle sucking 19her thumb and watching him
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intently.

from “La Bamba,” page 112 Gary Soto

1. noun 2. adjective article 3. verb

4. adverb 5. Noun 6. preposition

7. pronoun 8. verb 9.adjective

10. preposition 11. pronoun 12.conjuction

13. noun 14. adjective 15. verb

16. adjective 17. preposition 18. conjuction

19. pronoun 20. adverb

a, an, the (adjectives called articles)