Part A: Identifying Parts of Speech in Context

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions below:

"Goldilocks used to live with her parents in a cabin near the forest. One day, she decided
to go for a walk. She strolled down the lane that led to the forest and came across a
cottage. Feeling intrigued, she decided to check whose house it was."
1. Identify three prepositions in the paragraph.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
c. _________________________
2. Find two pronouns and state which nouns they replace.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
3. List three verbs from the paragraph.
a. _________________________
b. _________________________
4. What adjective is used to describe Goldilocks' feeling?
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Part B: Creative Sentence Construction

Create sentences using the following guidelines:
1. Write a sentence using an adjective, noun, verb, adverb, preposition, and pronoun
in that order.
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2. Construct a sentence that includes an interjection, pronoun, verb, conjunction,
noun, and adjective in that order.
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3. Form a sentence using at least one of each: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective,
adverb, preposition, and conjunction.
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Part C: Sentence Diagramming
Instructions: Identify and label the parts of speech for each word in the following
sentences.
1. The energetic puppy chased its tail around the room.
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2. Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk.
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3. Oh! I forgot my keys at home.
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Part D: Fill-in-the-Blank
Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate part of speech as indicated in
parentheses.
1. The ________________ (adjective) cat explored the ________________ (noun).
2. She ________________ (adverb) changed her clothes before the _____________
(noun).
3. ______________ (pronoun) book is better than the other.