The world’s Largest Sharp Brain Virtual Experts Marketplace Just a click Away
Levels Tought:
Elementary,Middle School,High School,College,University,PHD
| Teaching Since: | Apr 2017 |
| Last Sign in: | 327 Weeks Ago, 5 Days Ago |
| Questions Answered: | 12843 |
| Tutorials Posted: | 12834 |
MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
1.   Give a part-of-speech classification of the words in the following sentences:
a)         John tried hard but nevertheless couldn’t finish it.
§ John : Noun
§ Tried : verb
§ Hard : adverb
§ But : conjunction
§ Nevertheless : adverb
§ Couldn’t : verb – short form of could not
§ Finish : verb
§ It : pronoun
Â
b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â These things always look worse than they really are.
§ These : determinate
§ Things : noun
§ Always : adverb
§ Look : verb
§ Worse : adjective
§ Than : conjunction
§ They : pronoun
§ Really : adverb
§ Are : verb
Â
c)         I don’t anticipate having any difficulty with the Russian visitors.
§ I : pronoun
§ Don’t : verb – short form of do not
§ Anticipate : verb
§ Having : verb
§ Any : determinate
§ Difficulty : noun
§ With : preposition
§ The : determinate
§ Russian : adjective
§ Visitors : noun
Â
d)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â They were very glad that the new version was so much cheaper.
§ They : pronoun
§ Were : verb
§ Very : adverb
§ Glad : adjective
§ The : determinate
§ New : adjective
§ Version : noun
§ Was : verb
§ So : adverb
§ Much : adjective
§ Cheaper : adjective
Â
e)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â While he was a checking the final proofs he found serious mistakes.
§ While : ??
§ He : pronoun
§ Was : verb
§ Checking : verb
§ The : determinate
§ Final : adjective
§ Proofs : noun
§ He : pronoun
§ Found : verb
§ Serious : adjective
§ Mistakes : noun
Â
It's correct ?
-----------