Here are the opening sentences from some famous novels. What part of speech is the word in bold in each sentence? Drag your answers into the correct box. (Click here to refer to the Parts of Speech page.)
a
First sentences are doors to worlds. (The Fisherwoman’s Daughter by Ursula Le Guin)
b
Call me Ishmael.
(Moby Dick by Herman Melville)
c
I am an invisible man. (The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison)
d
I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.
(I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith)
e
Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space. (Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood)
