PARTS OF SPEECH Determine the part of speech for each underlined word. You will use all 8 types but
ONLY one time each! The corresponding letters become your code!
a-noun b-pronoun c-adjective d-verb e-adverb f-preposition
g-conjunction h-interjection
Each year Americans in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November.
Traditional foods, such as turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cornbread, mashed potatoes, and
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cranberry sauce are a large part of Thanksgiving celebrations. Many people serve pie for dessert at
the end of the meal. Yummy! Some families include breaking the turkey's wishbone as part of their
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celebration. The wishbone is found attached to the breast meat in the turkey's chest. After the meat
has been removed, two people each take one end of the bone, make a wish, and pull
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up with the larger part of the bone gets their wish! Many folks also use Thanksgiving as an
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opportunity to generously help the less fortunate. Some people volunteer to serve food at homeless
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shelters on Thanksgiving Day and others donate to shelters or participate in canned food drives.