5D
amaze
arctic
court
elect
interval
league
limit
milestone
recreation
tackle
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Word Study
Sometimes there is no way to tell which part of speech a word is
just by looking at it. The only way to know whether it is a noun, a
verb, or an adjective is to look at how the word is used in the
sentence. Here are five examples:
average border limit
span
Read each sentence and decide which part of speech the boldfaced
word is. Write its part of speech-noun, verb, or adjective-on the line.
tackle
The average age of the members of my class is nine and a
half years.
2 The average of the different times was exactly seven minutes.
3 Jonah decided to limit himself to one ice cream cone a week.
The speed limit on this stretch of road is 40 miles per hour.
5 The life span of the mayfly is measured in just hours.
7 The fishing tackle is kept in a small plastic box.
8 We decided to tackle the problem head on..
Lesson 5
The new railroad being built will span the country from sea to sea.
9 The Mississippi runs along the border between Missouri and Illinois.
10 To ask fifty dollars for that old bike really does border on the
ridiculous.