Umaa.spk Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
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Hi,
Can you please check the below part of speech. I segregate the words in each statement under part of speech. Please have a look at it ad post me your comments. Correct my mistakes.
Part of Speech
1. Still waters run deep; Still, deep - adverb; waters - noun; run - verb
2. He still lives in that house; still - adverb; he, that house - noun; in- preposition; lives - verb
3. After the storm comes the calm; after - adjective; the storm, the calm - noun; comes - verb
4. The after effects of the drug are bad; the after effects - adjective; drug - noun; bad - adverb; are - verb
5. The up train is late; up, late - adjective; train - noun; is - verb
6. It weighs about a pound; it, pound - noun; weights - verb; about - preposition
7. He told us all about the battle; he, battle, us - noun, told - verb; about - adjective
8. He was only a yard off me; He, me - noun; off - preposition; only a yard -??
9. Suddenly one of the wheels came off; suddenly - interjection; one of the wheels - noun; came - verb; off - preposition??
10. Muslims fast in the moth of Ramzan; Muslims, Ramzan - noun; fast - verb; in, of - preposition
11. He kept the fast for the week; he, week, fast - noun; kept - verb; for - preposition
12. He is on the committee; He, committee - noun; is - verb; on - preposition
13. Let us move on; us - verb; move on - adjective?? Let ??
14. Sit down and rest a while; sit, rest - noun; down, while - adjective; and - conjunction
15. I will watch while you sleep - I, you - noun; will watch - verb; sleep - adjective
16. They while away their evenings with books and games; They, books, games, their evenings - noun; away - verb; while - adverb??; with - preposition
Can you please check the below part of speech. I segregate the words in each statement under part of speech. Please have a look at it ad post me your comments. Correct my mistakes.
Part of Speech
1. Still waters run deep; Still, deep - adverb; waters - noun; run - verb
2. He still lives in that house; still - adverb; he, that house - noun; in- preposition; lives - verb
3. After the storm comes the calm; after - adjective; the storm, the calm - noun; comes - verb
4. The after effects of the drug are bad; the after effects - adjective; drug - noun; bad - adverb; are - verb
5. The up train is late; up, late - adjective; train - noun; is - verb
6. It weighs about a pound; it, pound - noun; weights - verb; about - preposition
7. He told us all about the battle; he, battle, us - noun, told - verb; about - adjective
8. He was only a yard off me; He, me - noun; off - preposition; only a yard -??
9. Suddenly one of the wheels came off; suddenly - interjection; one of the wheels - noun; came - verb; off - preposition??
10. Muslims fast in the moth of Ramzan; Muslims, Ramzan - noun; fast - verb; in, of - preposition
11. He kept the fast for the week; he, week, fast - noun; kept - verb; for - preposition
12. He is on the committee; He, committee - noun; is - verb; on - preposition
13. Let us move on; us - verb; move on - adjective?? Let ??
14. Sit down and rest a while; sit, rest - noun; down, while - adjective; and - conjunction
15. I will watch while you sleep - I, you - noun; will watch - verb; sleep - adjective
16. They while away their evenings with books and games; They, books, games, their evenings - noun; away - verb; while - adverb??; with - preposition
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Hi Umma. Welxome to English Forums. spk Hi, Can you please check the below part of speech.
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Hi Umma. Welxome to English Forums.
umaa.spkHi,
Can you please check the below part of speech. I segregate the words in each statement under part of speech. Please have a look at it ad post me your comments. Correct my mistakes.
Part of Speech
1. Still waters run deep; Still, deep - adverb; waters - noun; run - verb
2. He still lives in
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They while away their evening with books and games. what is the position of while in this sentence?
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AnonymousThey while away their evening with books and games. what is the position of while in this sentence?'While' is the main verb.
'While away' = verb: spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time
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I will watch while you sleep . what is the position of while in this sentence?
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Angrih VitariI will watch while you sleep . what is the position of while in this sentence?It is a subordinating conjunction.
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umaa.spk8. He was only a yard off me; He, me - noun; off - preposition; only a yard -??Here he and me are pronouns.
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Just a couple of comments on a few cross-outs. I really don't see any wrong with the sentences that you crossed out.
#4 After effect - is a noun. An effect that follows after the primary action of something.
"he was suffering the aftereffects of the drug"
# 2He still lives in that house - speaker is pointing the house across the way from him.
#11 Fast is a noun. If it is
#4 After effect - is a noun. An effect that follows after the primary action of something.
"he was suffering the aftereffects of the drug"
# 2He still lives in that house - speaker is pointing the house across the way from him.
#11 Fast is a noun. If it is
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Hi Umaa,
1) Still- adjective: because still is describing noun waters
deep - adjective: deep is talking something about still waters; not just talking about the word still
2)he - pronoun
that - adjective : Actually such words which determine or limit the noun are called determiners.They can be considered as adjectives. Here when we tal
1) Still- adjective: because still is describing noun waters
deep - adjective: deep is talking something about still waters; not just talking about the word still
2)he - pronoun
that - adjective : Actually such words which determine or limit the noun are called determiners.They can be considered as adjectives. Here when we tal
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Hello, Raghavendra—and welcome to English Forums. I hope you noticed that Umaa.spk posted the question in 2009, over 6 years ago.
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