was cleaning is a past continuous verb phrase.
What part of speech is thaw
"Was cleaning" together is the first or third person singular past progressive tense of the verb "clean". If the two words are considered separately, both "was" and "cleaning" are verbs: "Was" is the first or third person singular past of the verb "be" and "cleaning" is the present participle form of the verb "clean".
The part of speech for oscillate is verb.
Oppose is a verb.
The part of speech of 'to admit' is a verb.
the part of speech for "dressed" is verb
The part of speech for "rummaged" is a verb.
What is has's part of speech? means What is the part of speech of 'has'?The answer is that it is a verb: 'has' is the third person singular present tense of the verb 'to have'.
"Get" is a verb, "to get" is the infinitive of that verb.
It is a verb.
A verb
Verb is a part of speech, yes. It is an action. However, as for it being a "speech," I would not know. Speech is a noun, but speak is a verb. :)