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        Parts of Speech - Exercise 1
        
     
        
        Identify the correct part of speech 
        for each listed  item in each sentences below.  Choose from among the following 
        options: 
     
            
         noun    verb    adjective    
        adverb    pronoun    conjunction    preposition     qualifier     determiner
   
             
                You may check your answers at any time by clicking on the "Check My Work" button at 
        the end of the exercise.
             
     
    
        1. A small snail 
        climbed over the slippery log and inched slowly toward the nearby fields.
  
        
       
    
        A 
        
     
        small
        
     
        snail 
        
    
        climbed
        
    
        over
        
    
        the
        
    
        slippery
        
    
        log
        
     
        and
        
     
        inched
        
     
        slowly
        
     
        toward
        
     
        the
        
     
        nearby
        
     
        fields
        
    
  
        2. I didn't go to the very 
            formal dinner because you never returned from the cleaners with my favorite 
            tuxedo.
    
  
        I
        
     
        didn't go
        
     
        to
        
    
        the
        
    
        very
        
     
            formal
            
     
        dinner
        
     
        because
        
     
        you
        
     
        never
        
     
        returned
        
     
        from
        
     
        the
        
     
        cleaners
        
     
        with 
        
     
        my
        
    
        favorite
        
    
        tuxedo
        
   
  
        3. The senator made numerous lofty promises to this constituents when he spoke 
        so glibly at the expensive political fundraiser in Washington, D.C.
    
  
        The
        
     
        senator
        
     
        made
        
    
        numerous
        
     
        lofty
        
     
        promises
        
     
        to
        
     
        his
        
     
        constituents
        
    
        when
        
    
        he
        
     
        spoke
        
    
        so
        
     
        glibly
        
     
        at
        
    
        the
        
    
        expensive
        
     
        political
        
     
        fundraiser
        
     
        in
        
     
        Washington, D.C.
        
    
         
     
         
        
     
        
    
          
    
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