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Parts of Speech Identification Exercises

The document contains exercises to identify parts of speech in sentences and paragraphs. The exercises provide example sentences and ask students to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives and other parts of speech. The document also contains a simple example paragraph and a more complex paragraph to further demonstrate parts of speech.

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Parts of Speech Identification Exercises

The document contains exercises to identify parts of speech in sentences and paragraphs. The exercises provide example sentences and ask students to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives and other parts of speech. The document also contains a simple example paragraph and a more complex paragraph to further demonstrate parts of speech.

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Parts of speech identification exercises:

Exercise 1: Identify the part of speech of each underlined word.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. (adjectives)
I ran to the store to buy milk. (verb, noun)
The house on the hill is very big. (noun, noun, adjective)
She walked to school with her friends. (verb, preposition)
I like to play outside. (verb, verb)

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks with the correct part of speech.


The (adjective) cat chased the (noun) mouse.
I went to the (noun) to buy (nouns).
She (verb) to school (preposition) her friends.
I (verb) to (verb) outside.
The (noun) on the (noun) is very (adjective).

Here is a paragraph for identification of parts of speech:

The quick, brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Noun: fox, dog


Verb: jumps
Adjectives: quick, brown, lazy
Articles: the

This is a very simple paragraph, but it can be used to demonstrate how the different parts of speech
work together to create meaning.

Here is a complex paragraph:

The old, abandoned house on the hill stood as a stark reminder of a bygone era. Its windows were
boarded up and its roof was caved in, but it still retained a certain dignity. One day, a group of curious
teenagers decided to explore the house. They climbed through a broken window and found themselves
in a dusty, cobweb-filled foyer. They cautiously made their way through the house, discovering old
furniture, peeling wallpaper, and faded photographs. As they explored, they felt a strange sense of
presence, as if they were being watched.

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