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 ............................
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2. What are you doing there? Here there is a/an ......................................
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3. He left ten minutes ago. Here ten is a/an ................................
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4. There is a mistake in line 9. Here in is a/an ...........................
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5. Masons build houses. Here build is a/an ................................
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6. Though she was unwell, she went to work. Here though is a/an ..............................
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7. I have been reading since morning. Here morning is a/an .............................
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8. He died two years ago. Here ago is a/an .................................
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9. As she was late, we went without her. Here as is a/an ..............................
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10. The Nile is the longest river in the world. Here Nile is a/an .....................................
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11. What happened to you? Here you is a/an ...................................
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12. My family live in different parts of India. Here different is a/an .................................
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Answers
1. Adverb
2. Adverb
3. Adjective
4. Preposition
5. Verb
6. Conjunction
7. Noun
8. Adverb
9. Conjunction
10. Proper noun
11. Pronoun
12. Adjective (It modifies the noun parts.)
