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ASSIGNMENT #1

NAME: M. Ali Aarish

Roll number: 70126730
Subject: English
Semester: 1st
Section: D
Submitted to: Miss Sundas
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The University of Lahore, CS &IT Department

English Composition & Comprehension
Assignment1
Section: D Total Marks: 10

Identifying the Parts of Speech in Literature

Identify the part of speech of each underlined word in the following passage.
Write your answers on the corresponding lines below.
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Manuel walked on stage and 2the song 3started 4immediately. Glassy-eyed
from the 5shock 6of being in front of so many people, Manuel moved 7his
lips and 8swayed in a 9made-up dance step. He couldn’t see his parents, 10but
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he could see his brother Mario, who was a year younger, thumb-wrestling
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with a friend. Mario was wearing Manuel’s favorite 13shirt; he would deal
with Mario 14later. He 15saw some 16other kids get up and head 17for the
drinking fountain, 18and a babysitting in the middle of an aisle sucking 19her
thumb and watching him 20intently.

1. Proper noun 11. Personal pronoun

2. Definite Article 12. Preposition
3. Regular verb 13. Common noun
4. Adverb of time 14. Adverb of time
5. Abstract noun 15. Sensation verb
6. Preposition 16. Reciprocal pronoun
7. Possessive pronoun 17. Preposition
8. Regular verb 18. Co-ordinate conjunction
9. Transitive verb 19. Possessive pronoun
10. Co-ordinate conjunction 20. Adverb of manner
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