Parts of speech exercise

Words in English belong to different parts of speech. In each of the following sentences, there is a bolded word. Can you identify what part of speech it is?

1. I want to go now. Here now is an ............................

2. What are you doing there? Here there is a/an ......................................

3. He left ten minutes ago. Here ten is a/an ................................

4. There is a mistake in line 9. Here in is a/an ...........................

5. Masons build houses. Here build is a/an ................................

6. Though she was unwell, she went to work. Here though is a/an ..............................

7. I have been reading since morning. Here morning is a/an .............................

8. He died two years ago. Here ago is a/an .................................

9. As she was late, we went without her. Here as is a/an ..............................

10. The Nile is the longest river in the world. Here Nile is a/an .....................................

11. What happened to you? Here you is a/an ...................................

12. My family live in different parts of India. Here different is a/an .................................

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