which part of the speech does the underline words belong to in an old book , an old school ,and a fixed time
Answers
AnswEr :-
1. an old book
an ⇢ determiner (article)
old ⇢ adjective
book ⇢ noun
2. an old school
an ⇢ determiner (article)
old ⇢ adjective
school ⇢ noun
3. a fixed time
a ⇢ determiner (article)
fixed ⇢ adjective
time ⇢ noun
Extra Information :-
In English language, the nine parts of speech are :
1. Noun - Noun is the name of a person, place, animal or thing.
2. Pronoun - A word used in place of noun is a pronoun.
3. Adjective - A word used to describe a noun or a pronoun, is an adjective.
4. Determiner - A determiner is a word that introduces a noun.
5. Verb - A verb is a word that expresses an action.
6. Adverb - A word used to describe an adjective, verb or other adverb, is an adverb.
7. Preposition - A preposition indicates location the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other parts of the sentence.
8. Conjunction - Conjunctions link other words, phrases or clauses together.
9. Interjection - An interjection is used to express a sudden feeling.
Since the underlined parts are not visible, here is the answer and explanation.
an old book ,
an old school ,
and a fixed time
'a' and 'an' are determiners.
'old', 'fixed' are adjectives
'book', 'school', 'time' are common nouns.
Explanation
Determiner
A determiner is a type of adjective. A determiner always precedes a noun. The function of a determiner is to modify a noun to indicate quantity, possession, specificity, or definiteness. Many determiners can be used either as adjectives or as pronouns. Some of the determiners are: a, an, the, this, that, these, those, my, your, his, her, our, their, all, another, any, both, each, either, enough, every, few, fewer, less, little, many, more, most, much, neither, no, one, only, other, several, some, etc.
Adjective
An adjective is a word such as calm, short, tasty, and beautiful. An adjective describes a person, place, or thing. ‘Comparative Form’ and ‘Superlative Form’ of an adjective are used for comparisons. Comparative Form of adjective is used to compare two persons, places, or things; whereas Superlative Form of adjective is used to compare things, persons, or places that are more than two.
Common Noun
COMMON NOUN is a word that refers to an object or thing but is not the name of a particular person, place or thing. For example words such as table, cat, sea, road, boy, girl, etc. are COMMON NOUNS.