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Advanced Parts of Speech

Look at the words above and put them in the appropriate column.

verb noun adjective adverb can be 2

accept

Write 5 sentences using words form above.

EXAMPLE: I accepted a gift from my friend.

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 Nouns & Quantities (example answers)

verb noun adjective adverb can be 2

encourage habits flexible especially benefit v/n

recommend illegal adj/n
anxiety traditional directly
fear v/n
accept plagiarism
terrified easily
concentrate advice impossible can be 2 but
quite different
escape nightmares truthful meanings

phobia healthy patient adj/n

tight social adj/n

reaction
concentrate n/v

Note 1: When I taught this it developed into a discussion about word endings and
parts of speech.

Noun endings = ..ty ..ism ..ia ..ion

Adjectives = ..le ..al ..ful

Adverbs = ..ly

Note 2: The “can be 2” column can start to be complicated. It’s probably better
to stick with words that can be 2 parts of speech and have the same meaning.