What part of speech is the word dusts?

Answer 1

It should be a verb because it shows action. For example "Marie dusts the living room." Marie is subject because she is doing the "action". The action being done in this sentence is "dusts". Thefore in this particular sentence "dusts" is a verb.

Answer 2

Dust can be a noun or a verb depending on how it is used.

See the examples below.

Please dust the livingroom before the party.

In this sentence, dust is a verb.

The old chest is covered with dust.

Here, dust is a noun.

Do you have a dust cloth handy?

Here, dust is an adjective describing cloth.