The Blue Scarab

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ACTIVIDAD: LECTURA DE UN CUENTO CORTO



Underline or highlight with different colours the eight parts of speech in the reading below. Please, follow the example in the parts of speech table. “Subrayar o resaltar con diferentes colores las ocho partes de la oración en la lectura de la parte inferior”. Favor, seguir el ejemplo en la tabla: “parts of speech table”



Parts ofSpeech Table
This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech.
|part of speech |function or "job" |example words |example sentences |
|Verb |action or state |(to) be, have, do, |EnglishClub.com is a web site. |
| | |like, work, sing,can, |Ilike EnglishClub.com. |
| | |must | |
|Noun |thing or person |pen, dog, work, music, |This is my dog. He lives in myhouse. We live |
| | |town, London,teacher, |in London. |
| | |John | |
|Adjective |describes a noun |a/an, the, 2, some, |I have two dogs. My dogs are big. I like big dogs. |
| | |good, big, red,well, | |
| | |interesting | |
|Adverb |describes a verb, |quickly, silently, |My dog eats quickly. When he isvery hungry, he |
| |adjective or adverb |well, badly,very, |eats reallyquickly. |
| | |really | |
|Pronoun |replaces a noun |I, you, he, she, some |Tara is Indian. She is beautiful. |
|Preposition |links a noun to another |to, at,after, on, but |We went to school on Monday. |
| |word | | |
|Conjunction |joins clauses or sentences|and, but, when |I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I|
| |or words ||like dogs but I don't like cats. |
|Interjection |short exclamation, |oh!, ouch!, hi!, well |Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't |
| |sometimes inserted into a | |know. |
| |sentence || |


Source: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/parts-of-speech_1.htm





Example:

Chicago was wonderful. Chase had a lovely time. His favorite attraction was the Field Museum of Natural History. He was amazed by Sue -the dinosaur. It is the largest and most complete example of a T-Rex ever found. He loves dinosaurs,so this was of particular interest to him. He brought home several souvenirs from his trip and was so excited to go to school today to tell all of his friends about his stay in Chicago.



Note: The red highlighted words are adjectives.













The Blue Scarab



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