Parts of Speech – Lord of the Flies Chapter 4
Use your review packet on the eight parts of speech if you need help.
Directions: Copy the following sentences on notebook paper. First, draw a line
between the subject and the predicate. Then, label the underlined words as one of the
eight parts of speech.
1. The smaller boys were known by the generic title of “littluns.”
2. They suffered untold terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort.
3. These castles were about one foot high and were decorated with shells,
withered flowers, and interesting stones.
4. The three littluns paused in their game and looked up.
5. The great Pacific tide was coming in and every few seconds the relatively still
water of the lagoon heaved forward an inch.
6. He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.
7. Ralph climbed out of the bathing pool and trotted up the beach and sat in the
shade beneath the palm.
8. Piggy, always clumsy, stood up and came to stand by him, so that Ralph rolled
on his stomach and pretended not to see.
9. The pig’s head hung down with gaping neck and seemed to search for
something on the ground.
10.Before these fantastically attractive flowers of violet and red and yellow,
unkindness melted away.