Noun ,Verb or Adjective ?

The slain covered the battlefield following Israel's clash with the Philistines.

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

Answer explanation

This word is very irregular:

- slay as the infinitive

- slays /slay in the present tense

- slew in the past tense

- slaying as the present participle

- slain is the past participle

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CCSS.L.3.1A

The looking glass was used by the old sea-dog.

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

Answer explanation

This sentence is passive.

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

They will be looking for the saboteur.

• Verb

• Noun

• Adjective

Answer explanation

A saboteur is someone who sabotages ( intentionally damages) equipment/ technology or disrupts someone's plans.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Running is a form of exercise.

• Adjective

• Noun

• Verb

Answer explanation

The word 'is'  works as the present tense singular of the verb 'to be':

- is/ are [present tense]

- was/ were [past tense]

'To be' has singular and plural forms in the present & past tense.

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CCSS.L.8.1A

He ran the entire length of the island.

• Past Tense

• Past Participle

Answer explanation

Irregular verbs  undergo a number of changes (e.g. sing > sang > sung) ... or sometimes they do not change for most forms ( hit > hit > hit).

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The spinning top slowly came to a stop. 

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

Answer explanation

The word 'spin' follows the CVC rule when adding the suffix '-ing':

spIn --  spiNNing

This means that the last letter is doubled before adding that ending.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

The webs that they were spinning allowed them to capture prey as big as bats.

• Present Participle

• Past Continuous Tense

• The continuous / progressive

Answer explanation

Participles help to form compound verbs/ show verb tenses.

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The ____________ is the name of a word that looks like a form of verb but is used to do the job of a noun.

• gerund

• participle

• tense

• past 

Answer explanation

This word comes from a root meaning to do.

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CCSS.L.8.1A

1. The burning forests create thick clouds of ash.

2. He was burning the canes to eliminate cow itch.

3. Burning is a dangerous way to dispose of waste.

In which of these sentences are the underlined words NOT nouns?

• 1 and 3

• 2 and 3

• 1 and 2

Answer explanation

Always look at what job the word does to see what part of speech it may be.

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CCSS.L.8.1A

David had slain Goliath.

• Verb

• Noun

• Adjective

Answer explanation

This is how we form past perfect tense:

had + the past participle

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CCSS.L.2.1E