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WORKSHEET 1: NOUN, PRONOUN, ADJECTIVE & VERB

#### Part 1: Identify the nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs in the passage below.

Passage:
> One writer makes the point that in an effort to destroy completely the structures that had been built up in the African society and to impose their imperialism with an unrelenting totality the colonialists were not satisfied merely with holding a people in their group and emptying the Native’s brain of all form and content, they turned to the past of the oppressed people and distorted, disfigured and destroyed it. No longer was reference made to African culture, it became barbarism. Africa was the “dark continent”. Religious practices and customs were referred to as superstition. The history of African society was reduced to tribal battles and internecine wars. There was no conscious migration by the people from one place of abode to another. No, it was always flight from one tyrant who wanted to defeat the tribe not for any positive reason but merely to wipe them out of the face of this earth.

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Now let's identify:

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Nouns (persons, places, things, ideas):

- writer
- point
- effort
- structures
- society
- imperialism
- totality
- colonialists
- people
- group
- brain
- form
- content
- past
- oppressed people
- reference
- culture
- barbarism
- Africa
- continent
- religious practices
- customs
- superstition
- history
- tribal battles
- internecine wars
- migration
- people
- place
- abode
- flight
- tyrant
- tribe
- reason
- earth

> Note: "Native’s" is possessive noun → Native is a noun.

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Pronouns (words that replace nouns):

- One (refers to a person)
- their (possessive pronoun referring to colonialists)
- they (subject pronoun)
- it (refers to the past)
- it (refers to African culture)
- it (refers to Africa)
- they (refers to religious practices and customs)
- there (used as an expletive, but functions as a pronoun here)
- it (refers to the idea of migration)
- it (refers to the flight)
- them (refers to the tribe)

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Adjectives (describing words):

- African (describes society, culture, continent)
- complete (in "completely") — note: *completely* is an adverb, but complete is the adjective
- unrelenting (describes totality)
- Native (describes brain)
- oppressed (describes people)
- tribal (describes battles)
- internecine (describes wars)
- conscious (describes migration)
- positive (describes reason)
- dark (describes continent)
- religious (describes practices and customs)
- superstitious (implied in "superstition") — but superstition is a noun; superstitious would be adjective. Here, we can consider superstition as a noun, so no adjective directly used.
- other (in "one place of abode to another") — other is an adjective
- final (in "wipe them out of the face of this earth") — no, this is an adjective
- this (refers to earth) — this is a demonstrative adjective

So, list of adjectives:
- African
- complete
- unrelenting
- Native
- oppressed
- tribal
- internecine
- conscious
- positive
- dark
- religious
- other
- this

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Verbs (action or state of being):

- makes
- destroy
- impose
- were
- satisfied
- holding
- emptied
- turned
- distorted
- disfigured
- destroyed
- was
- made
- became
- was
- reduced
- was
- migrated
- was
- flight (noun, but also verb in some contexts — here it's a noun)
- wanted
- defeat
- wipe
- out (part of phrasal verb "wipe out")

So verbs:
- makes
- destroy
- impose
- were
- satisfy
- hold
- empty
- turn
- distort
- disfigure
- destroy
- was
- make
- become
- reduce
- migrate
- want
- defeat
- wipe
- out (phrasal verb part)

Note: "out" is part of the phrasal verb "wipe out", so "wipe" is the main verb.

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✔ Summary Table:

| Nouns | Pronouns | Adjectives | Verbs |
|----------|--------------|----------------|-----------|
| writer, point, effort, structures, society, imperialism, totality, colonialists, people, group, brain, form, content, past, reference, culture, barbarism, Africa, continent, practices, customs, superstition, history, battles, wars, migration, abode, flight, tyrant, tribe, reason, earth | One, their, they, it, it, it, they, there, it, it, them | African, complete, unrelenting, Native, oppressed, tribal, internecine, conscious, positive, dark, religious, other, this | makes, destroy, impose, were, satisfied, holding, emptying, turned, distorted, disfigured, destroyed, was, made, became, reduced, migrated, was, wanted, defeat, wipe |

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## Part 2: Identify the part of speech of the word in italics

1. Michael plays football after school.
- *plays* → Verb (present tense of "play")

2. You are awesome!
- *awesome* → Adjective (describes "you")

3. My dog’s name is Jack.
- *Jack* → Noun (proper noun, name of the dog)

4. Brandy received a gorgeous sweater from her sister.
- *gorgeous* → Adjective (describes "sweater")

5. The cat and dog ran around the dusty yard. Identify the adjective in the sentence above.
- *dusty* → Adjective (describes "yard")

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## Part 3: Write a sentence using each word as the indicated part of speech

1. us (pronoun)
→ We gave us the tickets to the concert.

2. Balance (Noun)
→ She has excellent balance on the tightrope.

3. tidy (adjective)
→ My room is always tidy.

4. balance (verb)
→ He tried to balance the ball on his nose.

5. beautiful (adjective)
→ The sunset was beautiful.

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✔ Final Answers:

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Part 1: Identification

Nouns:
writer, point, effort, structures, society, imperialism, totality, colonialists, people, group, brain, form, content, past, reference, culture, barbarism, Africa, continent, practices, customs, superstition, history, battles, wars, migration, abode, flight, tyrant, tribe, reason, earth

Pronouns:
One, their, they, it, it, it, they, there, it, it, them

Adjectives:
African, complete, unrelenting, Native, oppressed, tribal, internecine, conscious, positive, dark, religious, other, this

Verbs:
makes, destroy, impose, were, satisfied, holding, emptying, turned, distorted, disfigured, destroyed, was, made, became, reduced, migrated, wanted, defeat, wipe

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Part 2: Parts of Speech

1. *plays* → Verb
2. *awesome* → Adjective
3. *Jack* → Noun
4. *gorgeous* → Adjective
5. *dusty* → Adjective

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Part 3: Sentences

1. us (pronoun): They invited us to the party.
2. Balance (Noun): Good balance is important in gymnastics.
3. tidy (adjective): Her desk is very tidy.
4. balance (verb): She balances the books every month.
5. beautiful (adjective): The flowers are beautiful.

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