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Anonymous  +  466368 Sat, 19 Jan 08 11:32 PM

Hi can some please review my answers to the following question, and amend where necessary.

Look at this sentence carefully:

He breathed deeply with sheer delight, splashed noisily from the little island, and ran off whistling in the pelting rain.

Now name three of each of the following parts of speech: (my answers in brackets in red font)

  1. Verbs (breathed, splashed, ran, whistling)
  2. Nouns (delight, island, rain)
  3. Adjectives (little, sheer, pelting)
  4. Adverbs (deeply, noisiliy, off) - not sure about "off"
  5. Prepositions (with, from, in)

 
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Clive  +  466377 Sun, 20 Jan 08 12:07 AM

Hi,

can some please review my answers to the following question, and amend where necessary.

Look at this sentence carefully:

He breathed deeply with sheer delight, splashed noisily from the little island, and ran off whistling in the pelting rain.

Now name three of each of the following parts of speech: (my answers in brackets in red font)

  1. Verbs (breathed, splashed, ran, whistling)
  2. Nouns (delight, island, rain)
  3. Adjectives (little, sheer, pelting)
  4. Adverbs (deeply, noisiliy, off) - not sure about "off"

    'Off' can be used as an adverb and as a preposition, but here it's used as an adverb.

  5. Prepositions (with, from, in)

Best wishes, Clive
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