Homework Help: english

Posted by Tony on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 11:01am.

IDENTIFY THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE.

I usually go swimming with my best friend and his rather unusual girlfriend.

a) I - personal pronoun - countable (I is the subject in this sentence)

b) usually - adverb (indicates frequency)

c) go - Verb ( indicates movement)

d) swimming - Noun. (the act of swimming) Or is it the adjective ??

e) with - Preposition. (implies accompanying)

f) my - Possessive adjective. (of or relating to ‘me’)

g) best - Comparative adjective.

h) friend - Common noun

i) and - Conjunction (joins sentence elements)

j) his - Possessive pronoun. (the possessive form of ‘he’)

k) rather - adverb. (to a degree)

l) unusual - adjective. (describes a state outside of usual / a degree of usual)

m) girlfriend - Compound noun. ( a girl and a friend)

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I AM ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE?????????

english - Ms. Sue, Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 11:16am
If you post the parts of speech that you know, we'll be glad to help you with the rest.

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