WREN & MARTIN's English grammar made easy-parts of speech-exercise 2(1 to 10)

 

Exercise 2: Identifying Parts of Speech

Here are the first 10 sentences from that exercise with the classifications and reasons.

1. Still waters run deep.

• Word: Still

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Reason: It adds something to the meaning of the noun "waters" (it describes the waters).

2. He still lives in that house.

• Word: Still

• Part of Speech: Adverb

• Reason: It modifies the verb "lives" by telling us about the time/continuance of the action.

3. After the storm comes the calm.

• Word: After

• Part of Speech: Preposition

• Reason: It shows the relation between "the storm" (its object) and the rest of the sentence.

4. The after effects of the drug are bad.

• Word: After

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Reason: It describes the noun "effects."

5. The up train is late.

• Word: Up

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Reason: It qualifies the noun "train" (tells us which train).

6. It weighs about a pound.

• Word: About

• Part of Speech: Adverb

• Reason: It modifies the adjective/number "a pound" by expressing an approximate degree.

7. He told us all about the battle.

• Word: About

• Part of Speech: Preposition

• Reason: It shows the relationship between "the battle" and the verb "told."

8. He was only a yard off me.

• Word: Off

• Part of Speech: Preposition

• Reason: It governs the pronoun "me" and shows its relation to "yard."

9. Suddenly one of the wheels came off.

• Word: Off

• Part of Speech: Adverb

• Reason: It modifies the verb "came" by telling us the direction or state of the action.

10. Mohammedans fast in the month of Ramzan.

• Word: Fast

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Reason: It expresses an action (the act of abstaining from food).