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Exercise on Parts of Speech
Exercise on Parts of Speech : In the sentences given below, the words in italics are used as different parts of speech. Study the sentences and say what parts of speech the words are. - Cows give milk.
milk : noun
- Farmers milk their cows.
milk : verb
- Cats catch mice.
catch : verb
- It was a good catch.
catch : noun
- The ground is hard.
hard : adjective
- Grace works hard.
hard : adverb
- Today is Saturday.
Today : noun
- Lakshmi will arrive today.
today : adverb
- Lie on your back.
back : noun
- Put the book back on the shelf.
back : adverb
- I like swimming.
like : verb
- Do it like this.
like : adverb
- We had an early breakfast.
early : adjective
- We had breakfast early.
early : adverb
- Kishore is reading a book.
book : noun
- Let us book five seats for Sunday’s matinee.
book : verb
- She worked by the light of a candle.
light : noun
- Light a cnadle please.
light : verb
- The bag is light. I can carry it.
light : adjective
- She looked up at him.
up : preposition
- The bou ran up the hill.
up : preposition
- The up train has left.
up : adjective
- The stone hit him on the head.
head : noun
- Let us talk to the head waiter.
head : adjective
- Who will head the team?
head : verb
- The child had round checks.
round : adjective
- I looked round.
round : adverb
- They were sitting round the table.
round : preposition
- Last month we had a continual round of parties.
round : noun
- He tried to round the corner.
round : verb
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