Saturday 15 November 2014

Solution: Parts of Speech

Suggested Solutions
ACTIVITY 1
WORD
PART OF SPEECH
WORD
PART OF SPEECH
yesterday
adverb (of time)
speed
abstract noun
went
finite verb
and
(co-ordinating) conjunction
to
preposition
they
(personal) pronoun
zoo
common noun
to enjoy
infinitive
enjoyed
finite verb
themselves
(reflexive) pronoun
there
adverb (of place)
pygmy
(descriptive) adjective
monkeys
common noun
was
finite verb
charming
(descriptive) adjective
were fighting
finite verb
camels
common noun
over
Preposition
bored
(descriptive) adjective
their
(possessive) adjective
we
(personal) pronoun
wild
(descriptive) adjective
watched
finite verb
the
definite article
oh
interjection


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ACTIVITY 2
1.         We could study tonight: implies that there are alternatives; this is only one of them; the suggestion is that the speaker is about to suggest something else – probably more exciting and amusing.
2.         We must study tonight: this is a duty; they have to study; there is some compulsion, such as a time constraint; there is no choice.
3.         We shall study tonight: this is future tense; this is a statement of something that is definitely going to happen.
4.         We would study tonight: the implication is that they are not going to; the next word is “but”.
5.         We ought to study tonight.: this suggests that there might be another alternative; the speaker is aware of a duty or an obligation but is reluctant to fulfil it.                        [10]

ACTIVITY 3

1.         If we decide to go to a movie, will you come with us?        
2.         I have read the story to my little sister but she is now tired and wants to go to bed.
3.         The teachers congratulated the learners on their top achievements in the exam. which/that was written nationally.
4.         After the formula 1 driver crashed his car into the barrier, he was taken from the scene of the accident.
5.         The plane flew over the sea on its journey to/from the Far East.
6.         Please excuse me from class because/but I am not feeling at all well.
7.         The learner arrived in class by the skin of her teeth as the teacher was about to start the lesson.
8.         The children sat side by side, listening to the story read by the teacher.
9.         He asked me to fetch the parcel on his behalf because he has been kept late at    school.
10.       I was filled with fear when I heard the police siren.
11.       My mother is annoyed with me because I cannot cope with my schoolwork.       [30]

ACTIVITY 4

1.         to
2.         on
3.         to
4.         during
5.         in
6.         at
7.         of Taiwan
8.         from
9.         for
10.       to                                                                                                                               [10]


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