Question

d) And builds a road from earth to sky is prettier far than these. Each of the underlined words expresses an action, such a doing-word or a saying-word is known as a Verb. Now let's find other words in the poem or that we know belonging to the different word-classes and write them in the table below: Noun Pronoun Adjective Verb​

Answer 1

Parts of speech are words that have individual purpose to perform in a sentence.

Explanation:

• Parts of speech include noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, etc.,
• The nouns (names of person, place or thing) in the poem are: boats, rivers, ships, seas, clouds, sky, bridges, bow, heaven, trees, road and earth.
• The pronouns (a replacement of noun) are: these and you.
• The adjectives (a word that describes a noun) are: pretty and prettier.
• The verbs (a word denoting an action or being) are: sails, bridges, overtops and builds.
• These are the nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs in the poem.