My last set of Questions:
Match the part of speech for each word.
a. noun
b. pronoun
c. antecedent ????
d. adjective
e. adverb
f. verb
g. preposition
h. conjunction
1. I read Moby Dick and Wuthering Heights last semester.
a. read = f. verb
b. last = d. adjective
c. and = h. conjunction
2. My brother was discharged and will follow up next week.
a. my = b. pronoun
b. will follow up = ????
3. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift, which is why we call it the present.
a. Yesterday = a. noun
b. tomorrow = a. noun
c. gift = a. noun
d. call = f. verb
e. it = b. pronoun
i. present = a. noun (?adjective)
4. We always eat fish on Fridays.
a. always = e. adverb
b. on = g. conjunction
Thank You - Let you know how I do.
1. correct
2. my = correct; will follow up = the verb, yes. This is an example of what are called Phrasal Verbs: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrasals.htm
3. correct; and yes, "present" is a noun.
4. "on" is not a conjunction.
Carelessness gets you every time!
If you look I put in the correct letter- g. but wrote the wrong thing.
on = preposition.
Thank you again Writeacher - it has been a long week - started this module May 2 - and with Jiskha May 8th.
I am going to submit the test tomorrow am -
Have a good week-end.
Leslie
You, too, Leslie!
=)
Great job on identifying the parts of speech in the given sentences!
In the first sentence, you correctly identified "read" as a verb and "last" as an adjective. The word "and" is indeed a conjunction, which connects the two phrases.
In the second sentence, "my" is a pronoun, representing ownership. The phrase "will follow up" is a verb phrase, indicating a future action. While it consists of multiple words, "will follow up" itself is still considered a verb phrase.
In the third sentence, "Yesterday," "tomorrow," and "gift" are all nouns. The word "call" is a verb, and "it" is a pronoun, representing something previously mentioned. "Present" could be considered a noun or an adjective, depending on how it is used. In this case, it is used as a noun, referring to the current moment.
In the fourth sentence, "always" is an adverb, modifying the verb "eat." The word "on" is actually a preposition, indicating a relationship between "eat" and "Fridays."
Keep up the good work! Let me know if you have any more questions.