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The Word-Class Arena

Eight word classes, and the words that switch

Lesson 14
Medium
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

A word's class is its job in this sentence. The same word can take a new job next door.

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Tick the right class

aHope faded fast. → hope = nounHope faded fast. → hope = verb
bWe hope for rain. → hope = nounWe hope for rain. → hope = verb
ca careful strike → careful = adverba careful strike → careful = adjective
dThey disagree loudly. → disagree = verbThey disagree loudly. → disagree = adjective
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Find the 4 mistakes

Report from the arena. The (determiner) new gladiators trained (adjective) hard all week. They (pronoun) marched under (preposition) the gate, and (conjunction) the crowd roared loudly (noun). Livia's swift (verb) footwork won the bout, and her training (noun) shows in every fight (adjective).
Check every bracket against its own sentence. One tempting label is already right.
Write the corrections here
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The Word-Class Arena

Lesson 14 · Medium · side 2

Name
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Now you write

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a Use light as a noun:
b Use light as an adjective:
c Use this as a pronoun:
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

Running is always a verb. I checked the dictionary, so I am sure. No?

Tell him why the sentence, not the dictionary, decides.
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