Parts of Speech
Context Clues
100

On the dance floor

preposition

100

After finding crumbs all over Fido's bed, Mom concluded that the dog had eaten the cookies.


believed 

200

She ran out of the house.

Pronoun

200

After the quarterback from the visiting team snuck in for another touchdown, the mood over the home team's bleachers grew quite dreary.


Sad; beaten, downtrodden

300


  My friend ran quickly from the burning house

Adverb

300

As a student serving a detention, Derrick's participation on the school cleanup crew was involuntary, unlike Scott, who genuinely wanted to make the school a better place.

not an option

400

Joe and Danny are on the soccer team. 

Adjective

400

Unlike most of the college students, who came to DeKalb from many different parts of the state and nation to attend the university, Cletus was a native of the town, born and raised.

born to

500

Please wash the dishes and place them on the drying rack. 

conjunction

500

After taking the final exam, Felix felt as though an enormous burden had been lifted.

large, huge

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