Assignment 4-1
In each of the following sentences, underline and identify the part of speech requested:
- Adverbs
Yesterday, Mrs. Sanchez was walking home alone.
- Pronouns
Mrs. Sanchez said she didn't know who had stolen her purse.
- Conjunction
The officers talked to Mrs. Sanchez and searched the area.
- Prepositions
The officers found two of the suspects in the warehouse near the scene of the crime.
- Interjections
The officers yelled, "Hey! What are you two doing in the warehouse?"
- Verbs
The officers arrested two of the suspects and searched for the third.
- Nouns
Officer Washington found the third suspect standing in the crowd.
- Adjectives
The freighted victim identified the three suspects.
Assignment 4-2
Identify the parts of speech in each of the following sentences (noun, adj, verb etc…):
- The officers carefully patrolled the neighborhood after the shooting incident.
- No one could easily identify the three suspects from the descriptions.
- Officer Sanchez left the patrol car and searched the area on foot.
- Mrs. Nguyen told the officers, "I would recognize the thief the minute I saw him again."
- Mr. Irving said he was very cautious when he opened the door because he smelled smoke.
- No patrol should be routine for any officer.
- Witherspoon denied his guilt in the murder but admitted his hatred of the store owner.
- The investigators will store the evidence for the upcoming trail in the evidence locker.
- The crowd demanded justice but really wanted revenge.
- Two of the suspects surrendered inside the building, but the third suspect had quietly
sneaked behind some trash cans in the alley before Officer Brooker caught him.