Question

NOUN
PRONOUN
ADJECTIVE
VERB
ADVERB
CONJUNCTION
PREPOSITION
INTERJECTION

The poor (1) CHOICE of using (2) SIBERIAN ponies instead of sled dogs to transport the supplies for the 1700 mile trip (3) EVENTUALLY proved to be the (4) MAJOR reason for Shackleton's failure. Having to pull their own supplies and facing the (5) UNSEASONABLY bitter winds caused (6) THEM to lose precious time, food, and (7) ENERGY. (8) ALAS! After traveling (9) NEARLY 850 miles, Shackleton and his men were forced to turn back, even though they (10) WERE within 100 miles of the South Pole. Both Ernest Shackleton and Edgewood David were knighted because of their (11) EFFORTS, for Shackleton returned with invaluable information, and David and his men had (12) ACTUALLY reached their (13) DESTINATION.

Answer 1

What do you think those words are?

And did you check this post? Can you finish it?
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1255564509

Answer 2

1. adj
2. pro
3. adv
4. ?...adj?
5. adv
6. pro
7. ?
8. int
9. adv
10. v
11.
12. adv
13. n

(i was a little confused on these. i'm not sure if they're right)

Answer 3

ok. i just saw the other post. i will try to do the rest then post it up again for checking..

thanks a lot for helping me on the first few :)

Answer 4

1. adj <b>no</b>
2. pro <b>no</b>
3. adv <b>yes</b>
4. ?...adj? <b>yes</b>
5. adv <b>yes</b>
6. pron <b>yes</b>
7. ?
8. int <b>yes</b>
9. adv <b>yes</b>
10. v <b>yes</b>
11.
12. adv <b>yes</b>
13. n <b>yes</b>

What do you think about 7 and 11, and how will you correct 1 and 2?

http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/index.htm
Click on Parts of Speech.

Answer 5

You must be getting tired.

Numbers 1 and 2 are wrong.

Yes, 4 is an adjective

Look up 7 and 11 in a dictionary.

The others are correct.

Answer 6

how about this:
1. n
2. adj
7. n
11. n

Answer 7

Yes, those are correct now.