A part is highlighted in each statement. Mention which part of speech the highlighted word/phrase is:

1. A priest called Theodar founded a hospital.
2. This was the first real nursing school in the world.
3. Many of these soldiers were injured in the battles.
4. They should be clever and have strong character.
5. People called her the ‘lady with a lamp’.
6. Women did not consider nursing as a career.
7. The participants should have confidence in themselves.
8. Soon the death rate came down.
9. She believed that nurses were very special people.
10. They collected money to buy clothes and medicines.
11. They died not from their wounds but from neglect.
12. Nursing became a favorite profession among women.

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Answers:

1. verb
2. adjective
3. adverb of place
4. adjective
5. preposition
6. noun (gerund)
7. reflexive pronoun
8. adverb of time
9. adverb of degree
10. conjunction
11. possessive pronoun
12. preposition