for each sentence below identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence. then select the letter of the part of speech that further describes the word.

the meteor struck, and leonidas smiled stoically.

1. the word leonidas
a. a noun
b. a plural noun
c. a common, plural noun
d. a proper, singular noun
2. the verbs are in
a. present tense
b. past tense
c. a preposition
d. a verb
3. the word smiled is
a. a linking verb
b. an action verb
c. neither
d. both
4. the word smiled is
a. transitive
b. intransitive
c. both
d. none of the above
5. the sentence contains
a. one preposition
b. two prepositions
c. three prepositions
d. no preposition
6. the word and is
a. a subordinating conjunction
b. a coordinating conjunction
c. a correlative conjunction
d. a conjunctive adverb

as the doomed mansion burned, she tried desperately to escape.

1. the verb tried is
a. transitive, present tense
b. intransitive, past tense
c. transitive, past tense
d. intransitive, present tense
2. the sentence contains
a. a coordinating conjunction
b. a subordinating conjunction
c. a correlative conjunction
d. none of the above
3. the word mansion is
a. proper, plural
b. proper, singular
c. common, plural
d. common, singular
4. the antecedent of she is
a. mansion
b. doomed
c. burned
d. unknown
5. the word burned is
a. action, transitive
b. action, intransitive
c. linking
d. linking, past tense
6. the sentence contains
a. one adjective
b. two adjectives
c. three adjectives
d. no adjective

Question

for each sentence below identify the part of speech for each word in the sentence. then select the letter of the part of speech that further describes the word.

the meteor struck, and leonidas smiled stoically.

1. the word leonidas
   a. a noun
   b. a plural noun
   c. a common, plural noun
   d. a proper, singular noun
2. the verbs are in
   a. present tense
   b. past tense
   c. a preposition
   d. a verb
3. the word smiled is
   a. a linking verb
   b. an action verb
   c. neither
   d. both
4. the word smiled is
   a. transitive
   b. intransitive
   c. both
   d. none of the above
5. the sentence contains
   a. one preposition
   b. two prepositions
   c. three prepositions
   d. no preposition
6. the word and is
   a. a subordinating conjunction
   b. a coordinating conjunction
   c. a correlative conjunction
   d. a conjunctive adverb

as the doomed mansion burned, she tried desperately to escape.

1. the verb tried is
   a. transitive, present tense
   b. intransitive, past tense
   c. transitive, past tense
   d. intransitive, present tense
2. the sentence contains
   a. a coordinating conjunction
   b. a subordinating conjunction
   c. a correlative conjunction
   d. none of the above
3. the word mansion is
   a. proper, plural
   b. proper, singular
   c. common, plural
   d. common, singular
4. the antecedent of she is
   a. mansion
   b. doomed
   c. burned
   d. unknown
5. the word burned is
   a. action, transitive
   b. action, intransitive
   c. linking
   d. linking, past tense
6. the sentence contains
   a. one adjective
   b. two adjectives
   c. three adjectives
   d. no adjective

Accepted Answer

### First Sentence ("The meteor struck, and Leonidas smiled stoically.")
#### 1.
# Brief Explanations:
Leonidas is a specific person's name, so it's a proper noun, and it refers to one person (singular). So the correct option is d. a proper, singular noun.
# Answer:
d. a proper, singular noun

#### 2.
# Brief Explanations:
The verbs "struck" and "smiled" are actions that happened in the past, so they are in past tense. Option b is correct.
# Answer:
b. past tense

#### 3.
# Brief Explanations:
"Smiled" shows the action of smiling, so it's an action verb (not a linking verb which connects a subject to a subject complement). Option b is correct.
# Answer:
b. an action verb

#### 4.
# Brief Explanations:
"Smiled" here doesn't have a direct object (you don't "smile" something), so it's an intransitive verb. Option b is correct.
# Answer:
b. intransitive

#### 5.
# Brief Explanations:
Looking at the sentence, there are no prepositions (words like in, on, at, etc.). So option d is correct.
# Answer:
d. no preposition

#### 6.
# Brief Explanations:
"And" is used to connect two independent clauses ("The meteor struck" and "Leonidas smiled stoically"), so it's a coordinating conjunction. Option b is correct.
# Answer:
b. a coordinating conjunction

### Second Sentence ("As the doomed mansion burned, she tried desperately to escape.")
#### 1.
# Brief Explanations:
"Tried" is a past - tense verb (the action of trying happened in the past), and it has a direct object? Wait, "tried to escape" - actually, "tried" here, when we consider transitivity, "tried" can take a complement (the infinitive "to escape"), but more importantly, the tense is past. And "tried" is transitive in the sense that it has an object (the action of escaping is what was tried). So it's transitive and past tense. Option c is correct.
# Answer:
c. transitive, past tense

#### 2.
# Brief Explanations:
"As" is a subordinating conjunction that introduces the adverbial clause "As the doomed mansion burned". So the sentence contains a subordinating conjunction. Option b is correct.
# Answer:
b. a subordinating conjunction

#### 3.
# Brief Explanations:
"Mansion" is a general name for a type of building, so it's a common noun, and it refers to one mansion (singular). Option d is correct.
# Answer:
d. common, singular

#### 4.
# Brief Explanations:
The sentence doesn't give a prior noun that "she" refers back to (the context of the passage isn't provided, but from this sentence alone, we don't know who "she" is), so the antecedent is unknown. Option d is correct.
# Answer:
d. unknown

#### 5.
# Brief Explanations:
"Burned" shows the action of the mansion burning, and it doesn't have a direct object (the mansion is the one burning, not burning something), so it's an action verb and intransitive. Option b is correct.
# Answer:
b. action, intransitive

#### 6.
# Brief Explanations:
The word "doomed" is an adjective (describing the mansion), so there is one adjective? Wait, no, wait. Wait, the options: a. one adjective, b. two adjectives, c. three adjectives, d. no adjective. Wait, "doomed" is an adjective. Is there another? The sentence has "doomed" as an adjective for "mansion". Wait, maybe I misread. Wait, the options: the sentence contains - "doomed" is an adjective. So there is one adjective? Wait, no, wait the options: a. one adjective, b. two adjectives, c. three adjectives, d. no adjective. Wait, "doomed" is an adjective. So option a? Wait, no, wait maybe I made a mistake. Wait, the sentence: "As the doomed mansion burned, she tried desperately to escape." "Doomed" is an adjective. So there is one adjective. So option a? Wait, no, wait the options: a. one adjective, b. two adjectives, c. three adjectives, d. no adjective. So the correct answer is a? Wait, no, wait maybe I messed up. Wait, "doomed" is an adjective. So the sentence contains one adjective. So option a? Wait, no, let's check again. The sentence: "doomed" is an adjective. So the answer is a. one adjective? Wait, no, wait the options: a. one adjective, b. two adjectives, c. three adjectives, d. no adjective. So the correct option is a? Wait, maybe. Wait, "doomed" is an adjective. So the sentence has one adjective. So option a.
# Answer:
a. one adjective

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First Sentence ("The meteor struck, and Leonidas smiled stoically.")

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