A. Parts of speech Follow the instructions given in the brackets for each question. 1. Alice had a quick wit. (Identify the adjective). 2. John looked ahead to certain inventions. (Identify the adverb)

Explanation:

An adjective is a word that describes a person, place, thing, or concept. For example, “shiny”, “fluffy”, “slow”, “orange”, and “noisy” are all adjectives.

The first sentence is describing the nature of Alice's wit. To find the adjective, we need to find the word that describes what Alice's wit is like. Alice's wit is quick, which means that we need to put this word in parentheses.

Therefore, our answer is “Alice had a [quick] wit.”

In the second sentence, we need to identify the adverb. An adverb is a word that describes the way or manner in which an action is performed. Words like “quickly”, “silently”, “backwards”, “up”, and “simply” are adverbs.

We know that what John is doing in this sentence is looking. What we need to do is find a word that describes the way that John is looking. He'd looking ahead, so the second answer is “John looked [ahead] to certain inventions.”

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