Exercise 21.1. Identifying nouns, pronouns, and verbs

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Chapter 21: Parts of Speech

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Exercise 21.1. Identifying nouns, pronouns, and verbs

Identify the words that function as nouns (N), pronouns (P), and verbs (V) in the following paragraph.
Example:
Ancestors (N) of the gingko tree (N) lived (V) 175 to 200 million years (N) ago.

This activity contains 1 question.

1 The ginko tree, which is one of the world’s oldest trees, is large and picturesque. 2 Gingko trees may grow to over a hundred feet in height. 3 Their leaves look like fans and are about three inches wide. 4 The leaves turn yellow in the fall. 5 Because it tolerates smoke, low temperatures, and low rainfall, the gingko appears in many cities. 6 A shortcoming, however, is the foul odor of its fruit. 7 Inside the fruit is a large white seed, which some people value as food. 8 The fruit often does not appear until the tree is twenty years old. 9 The tree’s name means “apricot” in the Japanese language. 10 Originally, the gingko grew only in China, but it has now spread throughout the world.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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