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Parts of Speech Practice
Hansel and Gretel were brother and sister.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?1.
Their poor parents were starving, so they went out in search of food.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?2.
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They took one slice of bread along, which they used to mark a path back to their home by leaving crumbs along the way.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?4.
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After a while, they came upon a little house made of gingerbread.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?6.
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Hansel broke off a piece to eat.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?8.
Suddenly, the door flew open and an old woman came out and invited them in.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?9.
She fed them mountains of pancakes and fruit, and then tucked them into bed to sleep.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?10.
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What Hansel and Gretel didn’t realize was that the old woman was fattening them up so she could use them in her favorite dish—roasted child!
Word / Part of Speech / Why?12.
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Now they were prisoners, and the old woman kept feeding them, and when she asked them to stick their fingers out of their cell so she could judge how fat they were getting, Hansel held out a bone instead.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?14.
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Finally, the children escaped and pushed the old woman into the oven.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?17.
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They filled their pockets with jewels and food and used the trail of bread crumbs to find their way back home, where they lived happily ever after.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?19.
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Parts of Speech Practice- ANSWERS
Hansel and Gretel were brother and sister.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?1. were / verb / State of being
Their poor parents were starving, so they went out in search of food.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?2. poor / Adjective / Describing “parents” (noun)
3. so / Conjunction / Connecting two independent clauses
They took one slice of bread along, which they used to mark a path back to their home by leaving crumbs along the way.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?4. one / Adjective / Describing “slice” (noun)
5. along / Preposition / Describing direction
After a while, they came upon a little house made of gingerbread.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?6. After / Conjunction / Beginning a subordinate clause
7. gingerbread / noun / thing
Hansel broke off a piece to eat.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?8. off / Adverb / Describing how he broke it
Suddenly, the door flew open and an old woman came out and invited them in.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?9. them / Pronoun / Taking the place of Hansel and Gretel
She fed them mountains of pancakes and fruit, and then tucked them into bed to sleep.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?10. mountains / Noun / thing
11. into / preposition / Showing spacial relationship; showing relationship between pronoun (them) and bed
What Hansel and Gretel didn’t realize was that the old woman was fattening them up so she could use them in her favorite dish—roasted child!
Word / Part of Speech / Why?12. was / verb / State of being
13. in / Preposition / Relationship between pronoun (them) and her favorite dish
Now they were prisoners, and the old woman kept feeding them, and when she asked them to stick their fingers out of their cell so she could judge how fat they were getting, Hansel held out a bone instead.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?14. were / verb / State of being
15. they / pronoun / Taking the place of Hansel and Gretel
16. out / adverb / Describing how he held it
Finally, the children escaped and pushed the old woman into the oven.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?17. Finally / Adverb / Describing when the children escaped
18. Old / Adjective / Describing “woman” (noun)
They filled their pockets with jewels and food and used the trail of bread crumbs to find their way back home, where they lived happily ever after.
Word / Part of Speech / Why?19. bread / Adjective / Describing “crumbs” (noun)
20. happily / Adverb / Describing how they lived