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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
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1. A small snail climbed over the slippery log and inched slowly toward the nearby fields.


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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