Parts of Speech

Front

Part of speech for 'powered' in: 'No one had yet flown a powered aircraft successfully.'

Back

Adjective

Answer explanation

Powered describes aircraft which is a noun so powered is an adjective.

Front

Part of speech for 'repaired' in: 'In Dayton, Ohio, Orville and Wilbur Wright expertly repaired bicycles.'

Back

Verb

Answer explanation

Repaired is what they did.

Repaired is a Verb.

Front

Part of speech for 'quite' in: 'They were quite popular members.'

Back

Adverb

Answer explanation

Quite describes how popular they were. Popular is an adjective. Quite is an Adverb.

Front

Part of speech of the underlined word in: 'They bicycled enthusiastically and also studied gliders there.'

Back

Conjunction

Answer explanation

And is a coordination conjunction that joins the first clause with the second clause.

Front

Part of speech for 'brothers' in: 'The brothers worked fanatically to invent a powered aircraft.'

Back

Noun

Answer explanation

brothers are people so it is a noun.

Front

Part of speech for Their in: 'Their first plane was made from wood, wire, and cotton sheets.'

Back

Pronoun

Answer explanation

Their takes the place of Orville and Wilbur Wright. It is a pronoun because it takes the place of 2 nouns.

Front

Part of speech for 'very' in: 'They very carefully added two propellers.'

Back

Adverb

Answer explanation

Very tell the extent they carefully added which are an adverb and verb respectively. Very is an adverb.

Front

Part of speech of the underlined word in: 'In 1903 the Wright brothers flew and landed their Flyer quite successfully.'

Back

Preposition

Answer explanation

In connects the year 1903 to the verb flew. In is a preposition followed by a noun.

Front

Part of speech for Each in 'Each brother flew the plane twice.'

Back

Adjective

Answer explanation

Each describes how many brothers which is a noun. So each is an adjective.

Front

Adjectives in: 'He also tried to make self-warming socks.'

Back

self-warming

Answer explanation

Self-warming tells what kind of socks he made. That makes it an adjective.