No.
A lot is an adverb - it tells us more about a verb.
A verb is a word that describes an action (run, walk, etc), a state of being (exist, stand, etc) or occurrence (happen, become, etc).
An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb (My dog Fifi barks loudly / Nicola is really beautiful).
No. The word "lots" is a noun. The colloquial meaning is "much." It can be the object of a verb ("we heard lots of rumors").
The word lots is not a verb and so doesn't have a past tense.
Yes it is. "He accumulated lots of wealth in the stock market."
Salt is a noun and a verb. Noun: Some people like lots of salt on their food. Verb: Dave salts his food heavily.
Indoor cats and outdoor cats are the compound subject (not including the and), and require is the verb.
No. Verb phrases are the same as verbs.Sometimes a single verb is used in a sentence:I like ice cream. The verb is like, it is a single word.Sometimes more than one verb is used, then you have a verb phrase:We are eating ice cream. The verb phrase are eating is be + present participle of eat.They have eaten lots of ice cream. The verb phrase is have eaten it is have + past participle of eat
The point is here that adjective modifies a noun and adverb modifies a verb. It should be clear that what types of verb we mean. we have lots of verb types. when adjective resembling adjective should be along with action verb not stative verbs or whatsoever.
This differs from sentence to sentence. Sometimes there are none, and there are lots of words interjected.
Suffocate is a verb. It is used as an action word in a sentence. Here is an example. The victim suffocated under lots of blankets.
pretty sure it is just scents, 'there were lots of scents in the air'
There are lots of adverbs for that verb if you think about it. Like proudly succeeded, happily succeeded, finally succeeded and (this is a weird one) successfully succeeded.
It's a noun. A full sentence needs only a subject (noun) and a verb, and you can say, "Compassion exists." Therefore, since "exist" is a verb, "compassion" is a noun. You can use that trick for lots of words, and conversely, if it doesn't fit in a two-word sentence like that then you know it isn't a noun or a verb.