S3 Grammar

Pr. El Hadri
2020-2021

Parts of Speech

1. Identify the parts of speech of the following underlined words.

Pre Pre N
In 1823, Captain John Cleves Symmes appeared before congress. He wanted
Adv
money for a ship and a few extremely brave scientists to make a trip to the
Pro.n V Adj
North Pole. You see, Symmes believed that the earth was hollow. There’s
Determiner
more. Not only his research but also his documents seemed to prove that the
Pro.n N
N earth was open at the poles. He was convincedAdj
that the inside of the earth was V
Adj Adv
« a warm, rich land, stocked generously with thrifty vegetables and animals_ if
Adj
not men ». Symmes’s proposal was defeated on the House floor. Years later, Adv
V
Con however, he won the support of President John Quicy Adams. Unfortunately,Adv
Adverbial particale
before he could set sail, Andrew Jackson came into office. He immediately Adv
quashed Symmes’s plan. People continued to believe Symmes’s ideas until
V N
Robert Peary reached the North Pole in 1909 and found no hole!
Con

2. Same instructions
V N
1. The Guardian is a daily
Infinitive particule Adj
2. We all have to earn our daily bread
3. This
Pro.n
newspaper appears dailyAdv
Adj
4. My brother bought a very fast car
5. Why do you always drive so fast? Adv
6. We are prepared for the inevitable N
N
7. Sir is a title granted by the Queen
8. Sir Alex Ferguson managed Manchester United for more than twenty
N/adj
years
V
9. Don’t sir me, please
N Adj
N
10.The transparency of your lies is embarrassing
Adverbial particule N
11.You shouldn’t give up so easily, life has its ups and downs V
Interjanction Adv Diterminer N
12. Please, don’t get me wrong; I had no intention of offending you
13.Is it right to say that right wrongs no man?
V /pro.n /adj /infinitive particule / v / con /n / v / determiner / n