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Parts of Speech - Exercise 2

Identify the correct part of speech for each listed  item in each sentences below.  Choose from among the following options:

     noun    verb    adjective    adverb    pronoun    conjunction    preposition     qualifier     determiner

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1.  The weather was quite warm, so we walked lazily along the shady path near an old cemetery in the countryside.

The 

weather 

was 

quite 

warm 

so 

we 

walked 

lazily 

along 

the 

shady 

path 

near 

an 

old 

cemetery 

in 

the 

countryside 

2.  While Josephine nonchalantly ate her huge sandwich, we numbly watched a sly cat as it climbed almost imperceptibly onto the ledge by the sofa and rather greedily eyed a poor little mouse under the chair.

While 

Josephine 

was eating

nonchalantly 

her 

huge 

sandwich 

we 

numbly

watched 

a 

sly 

cat 

as 

it 

climbed 

almost 

imperceptibly 

onto 

the 

ledge 

by 

the 

sofa 

and 

rather 

greedily 

eyed 

a 

poor 

little 

mouse 

under 

the 

chair