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Past Questions — 2024
Identify the Part of speech of the underlined word: 'She succumbed to the burns she received in the terrifying accident.' (Underlined: terrifying)
I)
Adjective
II)
Preposition
III)
Verb
IV)
Adverb
Step-by-step analysis: 1. Identify the word in context: In the phrase 'the terrifying accident', the word 'terrifying' is placed immediately before the noun 'accident'. 2. Determine the function: The word 'terrifying' is describing or modifying the noun 'accident', specifying what kind of accident it was. 3. Apply grammatical rules: A word that modifies or describes a noun is classified as an Adjective. In this case, 'terrifying' is a participial adjective (derived from the verb 'terrify'). 4. Evaluate other options: (ii) Preposition: It does not show a relationship between a noun and another part of the sentence. (iii) Verb: While derived from a verb, it is not acting as the action or state of the subject in this clause. (iv) Adverb: It does not modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb; it modifies a noun.
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