Focus: Identifying which parts of speech are appropriate in sentences.
Directions: Underline the form that correctly completes the sentence. Then identify the parts of
speech of the words in parentheses. You can use these abbreviations for parts of speech.
N=noun
V = verb
PN = “person” noun
G = gerund (-ing) noun
ADJ = adjective
ADV= adverb
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1) Sinclair Lewis’ novel Babbitt is set in the (______________) town of Zenith.
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17) Most snails venture out to look for (feed/food) only after sunset or on (rain/rainy) days.
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2) By-products from chicken eggs are used by (industry/industrial) in manufacturing such (produces/products) as soap and paint.
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18) Hats may (symbolize/symbol) social status or (occupation/occupational) as well as being fashion items.
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3) The daylily is an attractive, (fragrance/fragrant) flower.
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19) Analgesics are used to (relieve/relief) pain and reduce fever.
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4) An equation is a (mathematics/mathematical) statement which says that two expressions are (equal/equality).
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20) The process of (respire/respiration) in plants involves a complex series of (chemistry/chemical) reactions.
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5) The Supreme Court has ruled that (evidence/evident) obtained from (illegal/illegally) searches cannot be used in court.
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21) A (member/membership) of the Paiute tribe of Nevada, Sarah Winnemuca worked as a guide and (interpret/interpreter).
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6) The Richter Scale measures the (severely/severity) of earthquakes.
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22) The (strong/strength) of a rope is (direct/directly) proportional to its cross-sectional area.
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7) Justin Winsom promoted the (developing/development) of libraries throughout the United States in the nineteenth century.
23) The Nassau grouper is a (tropics/tropical) fish that is noted for its (able/ability) to change color.
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8) Pipelines (transportation/transport) huge quantities of natural gas and liquid petroleum products.
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24) Alpha rays (loss/lose) energy (rapidity/rapidly) as they pass through matter.
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9) Scientists (differ/different) in their opinions of how snow crystals (originate/origin).
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25) The cherry is one of the only fruits that will not (ripe/ripen) if it is removed from the tree.
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10) Harry Blackstone was a famous (magic/magician).
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11) Glass sponges are found in oceans at a (deep/depth) of 300 feet or more.
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12) Colorado shares with Wyoming the (distinction/distinctly) of having four (perfect/perfectly) straight borders.
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13) Yale’s Peabody Museum has a world-famous (collection/collecting) of fossils.
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14) Pronghorns, which are American antelopes, are (present/presence) in large numbers on the (open/openly) plains of Wyoming.
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15) The President’s (chooses/choices) for the members of the Cabinet must be (approved/approval) by the Congress.
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16) Rose Han Lee wrote a number of (scholar/scholarly) accounts about the effects of (immigrant! immigration) on mining towns in the western United States.
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