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 GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE — Examples
Parts of Speech
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Sentences using different parts of speech:
Read each sentence and then look at the chart below it. The chart shows the correct part of speech for each word in the sentence.
a) The university student studies hard in the school library, so he gets good grades.
Nouns
student
library
grades |
Verbs
studies
gets |
Adjectives
university
school
good |
Adverbs
hard |
Prepositions
in |
Conjunctions
so |
Determiners
the |
Pronouns
he |
b) Some people exercise regularly and eat well, but other people are not as healthy because they spend too much time at home on the couch.
Nouns
people
time
home
couch |
Verbs
exercise
eat
are
spend |
Adjectives
healthy
too much |
Adverbs
regularly
well |
Prepositions
at
on |
Conjunctions
but
and
because |
Determiners
some
other
the |
Pronouns
they |
c) My mother always cooks a delicious dinner for my birthday, and the whole family eats it together happily.
Nouns
mother
dinner
birthday
family |
Verbs
cooks
eats |
Adjectives
delicious
my
whole |
Adverbs
always
together
happily |
d) The tired children walk slowly to school in the morning, so they always arrive late.
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children
school
morning |
walk
arrive |
tired |
slowly
always
late |
e) The thin French chef bakes tasty fresh bread daily in his wood stove and sells it quickly from a small window.
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chef
bread
stove
window |
bakes
sells |
thin
French
tasty
fresh
wood
small
his |
daily
quickly |
Prepositions
in
from |
Conjunctions
and |
Determiners
the
a |
Pronouns
it |
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