parts of speech

"Each part of speech explains not what the word is, but how the word is used."

"Each part of speech explains not what das word is, but how ist der word ge-used."

All words are divided into grammar groups. The grammar groups are called parts of speech.

Each part of speech explains not what the word is, but how the word is used. In fact, the same word
can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next.

The groups are:

Decide what parts of speech the highlighted words are

  1. Time flies like an arrow. Fruitflies like a banana.
  2. What's the definition of a will? It's a dead giveaway.
  3. A backward poet writes inverse.
  4. In democracy, it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your count that votes.

Discuss the meaning of the highlighted word

  1. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
  2. He often broke into song, because he couldn't find the key.
  3. Every calendar's days are numbered.
  4. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
  5. When an actress saw her first strands of grey hair, she thought she’d dye.

Some ambiguous sentences in speech only

  1. She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.
  2. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
  3. If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.
  4. With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
  5. When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.