Exercise 2.

Syntactic Categories
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Underline each adjective (A) and circle each noun (N).

o.

That big green bug flew into the soup.

a.

This little piggie ate a big pile of radishes.

b.

The shiny car zoomed around a corner.

c.

Paul reads short stories after dinner on Friday.

d.

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Underline each adverb (A) and circle each verb (V).

a.

Those players sometimes fall deliberately onto the ice.

b.

A linguist wins the award for achievement quite often.

c.

Heidi snorted hilariously.

d.

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Underline each determiner (D) and circle each preposition (P).

a.

That story about Bill appeared in the paper.

b.

Cheryl took this picture of little Mika on Saturday.

c.

The girl found a mouse nest in the space under the porch.

d.

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Identify the category (A, D, N, P, or V) of each word.

a.

The monkey climbed into a tall tree.

b.

A talented artist drew a sketch of bananas.

c.

Samantha suddenly rolled onto her back.

d.

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