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Word Classes Exercises

This document provides examples of different parts of speech, sentence structures, and grammatical concepts. It contains several short passages and questions to identify: 1) word classes of underlined words, 2) whether underlined words are verbs, nouns or adjectives, 3) parts of sentences like subjects, verbs, objects, etc., 4) sentence structures using examples of conversations, 5) adverbials in sentences, 6) whether underlined words are indirect objects or use "to", and 7) when to use "to" or "for". The document is assessing understanding of core grammatical concepts.

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Word Classes Exercises

This document provides examples of different parts of speech, sentence structures, and grammatical concepts. It contains several short passages and questions to identify: 1) word classes of underlined words, 2) whether underlined words are verbs, nouns or adjectives, 3) parts of sentences like subjects, verbs, objects, etc., 4) sentence structures using examples of conversations, 5) adverbials in sentences, 6) whether underlined words are indirect objects or use "to", and 7) when to use "to" or "for". The document is assessing understanding of core grammatical concepts.

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Word Classes & Sentence Structure

1. What kind of word?


Read this paragraph and then say which word class each underlined word belongs to.

Andrew didn’t go to the cafe with the other students. Rachel told him they were going there, but he
wanted to finish his work. Andrew isn’t very sociable. He stays in his room and concentrates totally on his
studies. He is an excellent student, but he doesn’t have much fun.

to preposition 7 sociable ……………………………


cafe noun 8 in ……………………………
1 the …………………………… 9 and ……………………………
2 told …………………………… 10 totally ……………………………
3 they …………………………… 11 an ……………………………
4 there …………………………… 12 excellent ……………………………
5 he …………………………… 13 but ……………………………
6 finish …………………………… 14 fun ……………………………

2. Word in sentences
Is the underlined word a verb, a noun or an adjective?

Shall we go for a walk? noun


Shall we walk into town? verb
1 Laura wanted to talk to Rita. ………………………………………………….
2 Laura wanted a talk with Rita. ………………………………………………….
3 The windows aren’t very clean. ………………………………………………….
4 Doesn’t anyone clean the windows? ………………………………………………….
5 We went to a fabulous show in New York. ………………………………………………….
6 Laura wanted to show Rita her photos. ………………………………………………….
7 Henry thought Claire looked beautiful. ………………………………………………….
8 A strange thought came into Emma’s head. ………………………………………………….
9 Sarah is feeling quite tired now. ………………………………………………….
10 Studying all night had tired Andrew out. ………………………………………………….

3. Parts of the sentence


Mike and Harriet are on holiday. They have written a postcard to David and Melanie. Look at each
underlined phrase and say what part of the sentence it is: subject, verb, object, complement or adverbial.

We’re having a great time. object 4 We’re on a farm. ……………


1 The weather is marvelous. …………… 5 We like this place. ……………
2 We really enjoy camping. …………… 6 The scenery is beautiful. ……………
3 It’s great fun. ……………

4. Sentence structure
After moving a piano, five friend had a rest and a cup of tea.
Look at this part of their conversation and then write the letters a – e in the correct place.
a) David: That was a difficult job.
b) Tom: I agree.
c) Mike: I’m on my deathbed.
d) David: Somebody should give us a medal.
e) Harriet: I’ve made some more tea.
Subject + verb b
1 Subject + verb + object …….
2 Subject + verb + complement …….
3 Subject + verb + adverbial …….
4 Subject + verb + object + object …….

5. Adverbials
These sentences are from a news report. Write down the two adverbials in each sentence.
Each adverbial is a prepositional phrase or an adverb.

 Prince Charles opened a new sports in Stoke


centre in Stoke yesterday. yesterday
1 He also spoke with several young ……………………………………………..
people. ……………………………………………..
2 The sports centre was first ……………………………………………..
planned in 1994. ……………………………………………..
3 Naturally, the local council could not ……………………………………………..
finance the project without help. ……………………………………………..
4 Fortunately, they managed to obtain ……………………………………………..
money from the National Lottery. ……………………………………………..

6. Indirect object or to?


Write the information in one sentence. Put the underlined part at the end of the sentence. Sometimes you
need to.

Daniel lent something to Vicky. It was his calculator.  Daniel lent Vicky his calculator.
Mark sent a message. It was to his boss.  Mark sent a message to his boss.
1 Emma sold her bike. Her sister bought it.  Emma………………………………
2 Tom told the joke. He told all his friends.  Tom………………………………...
3 Melanie gave some help. She helped her neighbor.  Melanie…………………………….
4 Fiona wrote to her teacher. She wrote a letter.  Fiona………………………………..

7. To or for?
Mark’s boss at Zedco is Mr. Atkins. He is telling people to do things. Put in to or for.

Give these paper to my secretary. 3 Don’t show these plans …………….anyone.


Could you make some coffee for us? 4 Leave a message …………….. my secretary.
1 Book a flight …………… me, could you? 5 Fetch the file ……………. me, could you?
2 Can you post this cheque …………the hotel? 6 Write a memo ……………. all managers.

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