Question

2. Identify the different kinds of phrases (noun, adjective, adverb) in
these sentences
* He sat grumbling and cursing.
b. Thate sleeping for long hours.
They collected an adequate amount.
d. I lost a book three years ago.
The ribbons lying on the table are expensive.
"The boy skating on the rink is the winner.
She hopes to win the first prize.
h. The boy denied his fault.
I will love to take up such adventure.
The baby wants to buy that toy,​

Answer 1

Answer:

Noun, Adjective and Adverb are mentioned below.

a. He sat grumbling and cursing.

• Here 'grumbling' is a Noun.

b. Thate sleeping for long hours.

• 'Sleeping' is an Adjective and 'long' can be used for Adjective, Noun and Adverb.
• 'Hours' is a Noun.

c. They collected an adequate amount.

• 'Adequate' is an Adjective and 'amount' is a Noun.

d. I lost a book three years ago.

• 'Book', 'three', 'years' are Nouns and 'ago' is used for both Adjective and Adverb.

e. The ribbons lying on the table are expensive.

• 'Ribbons' is a Noun and 'expensive' is an Adjective.

f. The boy skating on the rink is the winner.

• 'Boy', 'rink' and 'winner' are Nouns.

g. She hopes to win the first prize.

• 'Prize' is a Noun. 'First' is used for Adjective, Noun and Adverb.

h. The boy denied his fault.

• 'Boy' and 'fault' are Nouns.

i. will love to take up such adventure.

• 'Such' is both an Adjective and an Adverb.

j. The baby wants to buy that toy.

• 'Baby' and 'toy' are Nouns.

Answer 2

Noun, Adjective and Adverb are mentioned below.

a. He sat grumbling and cursing.

Here 'grumbling' is a Noun.

b. Thate sleeping for long hours.

'Sleeping' is an Adjective and 'long' can be used for Adjective, Noun and Adverb.

'Hours' is a Noun.

c. They collected an adequate amount.

'Adequate' is an Adjective and 'amount' is a Noun.

d. I lost a book three years ago.

'Book', 'three', 'years' are Nouns and 'ago' is used for both Adjective and Adverb.

e. The ribbons lying on the table are expensive.

'Ribbons' is a Noun and 'expensive' is an Adjective.

f. The boy skating on the rink is the winner.

'Boy', 'rink' and 'winner' are Nouns.

g. She hopes to win the first prize.

'Prize' is a Noun. 'First' is used for Adjective, Noun and Adverb.

h. The boy denied his fault.

'Boy' and 'fault' are Nouns.

i. will love to take up such adventure.

'Such' is both an Adjective and an Adverb.

j. The baby wants to buy that toy.

'Baby' and 'toy' are Nouns.