Identifying Word Classes
Exercise Three
Passage:
In my uncle's village, there is a shop which sells a lot of things. The owner of the shop has known my uncle since school. They were old friends. This shop sells kites among other things. I had been given one by my Dad. I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened it up. It was just an amazing thing.
Pick out all the function words by selecting the
(F)
option for each function word, for example,
I
I(F)
and leave all the content words as they are, for example,
Tom
Tom(F)
In
In(F)
my
my(F)
uncle's
uncle's(F)
village,
village,(F)
there
there(F)
is
is(F)
a
a(F)
shop
shop(F)
which
which(F)
sells
sells(F)
a
a(F)
lot
lot(F)
of
of(F)
things.
things.(F)
The
The(F)
owner
owner(F)
of
of(F)
the
the(F)
shop
shop(F)
has
has(F)
known
known(F)
my
my(F)
uncle
uncle(F)
since
since(F)
school.
school.(F)
They
They(F)
were
were(F)
old
old(F)
friends.
friends.(F)
This
This(F)
shop
shop(F)
sells
sells(F)
kites
kites(F)
among
among(F)
other
other(F)
things.
things.(F)
I
I(F)
had
had(F)
been
been(F)
given
given(F)
one
one(F)
by
by(F)
my
my(F)
Dad.
Dad.(F)
I
I(F)
couldn't
couldn't(F)
believe
believe(F)
my
my(F)
eyes
eyes(F)
when
when(F)
I
I(F)
opened
opened(F)
it
it(F)
up.
up.(F)
It
It(F)
was
was(F)
just
just(F)
an
an(F)
amazing
amazing(F)
thing.
thing.(F)
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© James Au-Yeung & Peter Howell, University College London 1999, 2000.