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Identify the different parts of speech of the underlined words in the given sentences
and write them in the space given below. One has been done for you.

1. The students are making a cover design.
students: Noun; design: Noun
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2. What is the date today?

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3. Oh, what a wonderful piece of news!
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4. Stand still.

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5. This is an excellent piece of poetry.

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6. What should we do with this packet we have found?
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7. What a beautiful rose!

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8. Leave alone.

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Let’s Learn Parts of Speech

Words in English language are divided into eight parts, according to the function they
perform. These are called parts of speech. The different parts of speech explain how a word
is used in a sentence.

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