Grammar Exercise 2

PARTS OF SPEECH

Name the part of speech of each italicized word in the following sentences, giving in each

case your reason for the classification:

1. Still waters run deep.

2. He still lives in that house

3. After the storm comes the calm

4. The after effects of the drug are bad.

5. The up train is late.

6. It weights about a pound.

7. He told us all about the battle.

8. He was only a yard off me.

9. Suddenly one of the wheels came off.

10. Mohammedans fast in the month of Ramzan.

11. He kept the fast for a week.

12. He is on the committee.

13. Let us move on.

14. Sit down and rest a while.

15. I will watch while you sleep.

16. They while away their evenings with books and games.