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Beginning Parts of Speech

By Kenneth Beare, About.com

Choose the correct answer or phrase to fill in the blank. Each question has only one correct answer.

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My - cousins - live in New Orleans.

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He bought - them - a new football.

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There are - happy - students in the class.

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He is an extremely - intelligent - boy.

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We're going to sing and - play - games at the camp.

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There is a bank just - beyond - the shopping mall.

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He visited - his - sister in New York.

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She drives very - carelessly -.

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That boy - studies - Latin in high school.

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Those - huge - houses cost more than one million dollars.

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We have a lot of interesting people in my - neighborhood -.

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You can have pancakes - or - waffles for breakfast.

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Alison is - from - Los Angeles.

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Are those - Italian - shoes?

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I've lived in this town - for - many years.

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I think - nobody - wants to come with me.

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That's his house - across - the street.

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- Asia - has become the manufacturing capitol of the world.

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He spoke very - quietly -.

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- Oh! - That's a difficult question.

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He has the - original - painting at home.

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- Which - type of car did you buy?

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It's the - third - time I've been to that museum.

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We - often - go to the movies.

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He approves of - his - daughter's marriage to Frank.

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- New York - is the greatest city in the USA.

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I won't be finished - until - six o'clock.

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Can you pick me up at the - airport -?

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- Cheers! - May you live long and prosper!

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The boys reported the situation - honestly -.

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That's - our - house at the end of the street.

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Original Quiz with Answers at: http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_speechparts_beg.htm

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