vocabulary

What are these words? Are they nouns, adjectives (adj.), adverbs (adv.), prepositions (prep) or the past or present tense (pres) of the verb.

1. bread I prefer brown bread. adj. noun ad.
2. hot It's hot today. adv. noun adj.
3. write I don't write letters. adv. pres past
4. quickly She works quickly. adv. adj. prep
5. beautiful. It's a beautiful city. adv. adj. noun
6. at He's not at home. prep adj. adv.
7. always She's always late. prep adv. adj.
8. drove He drove to Bristol. pres adv. past
9. in They are in the garden. adv. prep noun
10. do I didn't do it. past pres noun
11. drink She drinks too much. past adv. pres
12. ashtray The ashtray is full. noun adj. adv.
13. book I booked a double room. pres past prep
14. kind He's a kind man. prep adv. adj.
15. can Here's a can of beer. noun pres prep
16. mean What does it mean? past pres adj.
17. flat We live in a flat adj. noun prep
18. play We saw a play. verb adv. noun
19. train We train every day. pres noun adj.
20. ring Ring me tomorrow. past noun pres
The correct answers are marked green and the incorrect ones marked red.

You can find another exercise on nouns, verbs and adjectives at www.mrnussbaum.com.

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