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Parts of Speech - Exercise 2

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.The weather was quite warm, so we walked lazily along the shady path near an old cemetery in the countryside.

The
Weather
was
quite
warm
so
we
walked
lazily
along
the
shady
path
near
an
old
cemetry
in
the
countryside

2. While Josephine nonchalantly ate her huge sandwich, we numbly watched a sly cat as it climbed almost imperceptibly onto the ledge by the sofa and rather greedily eyed a poor little mouse under the chair.
   

While
Josephine
was eating
nonchalantly
her
huge
Sandwich
we
numbly
watched
a
sly
cat
as
it 
climbed
almost
imperceptibly
onto
the
ledge
by
the
sofa
and
rather
greedily
eyed
a
poor
little
mouse
under
the
chair

           

 

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