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The Word-Class Arena

Eight word classes, and the words that switch

Lesson 14
Mild
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

Ask the sentence: what job is this word doing here?

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Tick the right class

aThe dummy fell. → fell = verbThe dummy fell. → fell = noun
ba shiny shield → shiny = verba shiny shield → shiny = adjective
cShe ran quickly. → quickly = adjectiveShe ran quickly. → quickly = adverb
dHe smiled. → he = nounHe smiled. → he = pronoun
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Find the 3 mistakes

The (determiner) crowd cheered (verb) as Livia struck (noun) the first dummy. She (pronoun) trains (verb) daily (adjective), and her morning run (noun) is never slow (verb).
Cross out each wrong label and write the true class. One label that looks wrong is right.
Write the corrections here
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The Word-Class Arena

Lesson 14 · Mild · side 2

Name
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Now you write

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Word banknounverbadjectiveadverbpronoun
a Use train as a verb:
The gladiators train
b Use train as a noun:
The train
c Use an adjective about the arena:
The arena is
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

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

Say why, then finish the sentence: in running water, running is…
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