R&J Act 1 Vocab- Parts of Speech

He beseeched the teacher to avoid giving homework.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

Her adversary was standing over by the water fountain, glaring at her.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

His grievance was that there weren't enough outlets to charge his devices.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

The augmenting of the wedding list made the father nervous.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

Queen Mary, being Catholic, thought her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, was a heretic because Elizabeth was Protestant.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

She received the promotion on her own merit.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

Stone's transgression was obvious as we heard that he was arrested.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

The teacher's solemnity made the students certain they would get homework.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

The couple quarreled at the basketball game; it was embarrassing.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective

The boy's pernicious dog seemed nice until it bit him yesterday.

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjective