WORD CLASSES EXERCISE #3 
 
EXERCISE 
Identify the Word Class of the underlined word in the following sentences.  
Use the abbreviations below.   
 
N for Nouns 
PN for Pronouns 
AJ for Adjectives 
V for Verbs 
AV for Adverbs 
S for Subordinators 
P for Prepositions 
E for Exclamations 
D for Determiners 
C for Conjunctions 
 
 
_____ 1. Do people have souls?  Is there life after death? 
 
 
_____ 2. Clergy, scholars, philosophers, and scientists have debated the idea for years. 
 
 
_____ 3. While many people tend to think that scientists are simply skeptical about such things, 
many are actually setting out to prove that such things exist. 
 
 
_____ 4. Clergy and religious figures have always concluded that a soul or spirit exists in 
everyone. 
 
 
_____ 5. Some scientists believe that the human body is just flesh and blood with no possiblity 
of life after death 
 
 
_____ 6. However, scientists are divided with some scientists making strides to examine the 
foundation of many religious claims. . 
 
 
_____ 7. Some scientists believe the argument may be more complicated. 
 
 
_____ 8. Scientists are actively engaged in seeking what happens to our "consciousness" after 
week die. 
 
 
_____ 9. The concept of "consciousness" is similar to that of "soul" or "spirit" 
 
 
_____ 10. Consciousness is the thought processes which occur after life has ceased within the body. 
 
_____ 11. Many scholars have focused their expertise to identify the presence of 
consciousness after death by studying Near-Death experiences. 
 
 
_____ 12. Several hospitals have agreed to participate in a study where people who have 
Near-Death experiences try to identify elements after their death has occurred. 
 
 
_____ 13. With regards to the study, some hospitals simply ask questions of the 2% of those 
having NDEs, such as: What did you see? What did you feel?   
 
 
_____ 14. Some hospitals have gone far enough to put special signs in hospital rooms which 
can only be visible from people floating above their own bodies. 
 
 
_____ 15. With these signs, researchers hope that people who have Near-Death experiences 
will be able to see them and remember them. 
 
 
_____ 16. Such research may help to explain what happens after we die.