Question

Name the part of Speech of each italicised word in the following sentences, giving in
each case your reason for the classification:
(1 M)
1. Rajesh is a brilliant boy.
2. Muslims fast in the month of Ramzan.​

Answer 1

1. Still – adjective; it modifies the noun waters.

2. Still – adverb; it modifies the verb ‘are waiting’.

3. After – adverb; it modifies the verb arrived.

4. About – preposition; it shows the relation between ‘the battle’ and other words in the sentence.

5. Behind – preposition

6. Off – adverb; it modifies the verb came. 7. Fast – verb

8. Fast – noun; the noun fast acts as the object of the verb kept

9. Jury – collective noun

10. While – conjunction; it connects the two clauses ‘He was playing’ and ‘I was working’.

11. Broke – verb

12. Beauty – abstract noun (An abstract noun refers to a quality or feeling that we can only experience.)