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Part II: All Parts of Speech: Read each sentence carefully and indicate what part of speech the underlined word
is by writing it in the space to the left. For example:
article Ex. The goose waddled leisurely across the road.
5. Mrs. Smith doubted her student’s story about the dog eating his homework.
6. Earlier that day, Jane had gone to see her teacher for extra help.
9. Who would ever have thought that a pig and a spider could become best friends?
12. Sixth graders at TMS become even better readers and writers.
Part III: Prepositions. Circle the prepositions and underline the prepositional phrases in each sentence
below.
Careful! There can be more than one preposition/prepositional phrase in each sentence.
1. The driver steered the chariot around the coliseum.
3. The dragon flew toward the castle and landed on the turret.
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Part IV: Read the following sentence carefully and categorize each word according to its part of speech by
writing it in the appropriate place in the table. The first word is done for you. The number indicates how
many times each part of speech appears in the sentence, e.g., there are 5 nouns, 2 pronouns, etc.
Alas! The magical kingdom was heartbroken because its smart and strong princess
had made her decision – willfully but wisely -- to study medicine in a faraway land.
1. 1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
ADVERB (2) PREPOSITION (1) ARTICLE (2) CONJUNCTION (3)
1. 1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3.
1. 1.
Part V: Changing Roles: one word can play multiple parts of speech. Write the part of speech of the
underlined word in the space to its left.
WISH Part of Speech of the Underlined Word
1. He made a wish.
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6. The toddler fell down.
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