What was the name of his college? (The name of his college was what?)
What - interrogative pronoun, functioning as a predicate nominative;
was - linking verb;
the - article;
name - noun, functioning as subject of the sentence;
of - preposition;
his - pronoun (possessive adjective), describes the noun 'college';
college - noun, object of the preposition 'of'.
In the sentence "The stolen car was recovered." it is an adjective. In the sentence "He has stolen two cars." it is a verb.
Troy = noun (proper noun) was = verb (linking verb; past tense) its = possessive adjective (some call this a "possessive pronoun") name = noun (common noun)
The four parts are :-1. noun1 1/2 verb2 adjective2 1/2 adverb3 pronoun3 1/2 preposition4 conjunction.
Noun comes first because the subject is the most important word in a sentence, which is essentially a noun ( from Latin nomen "the name") and a verb (from Latin verbum " the word").
college arts day
"Except" is typically used as a preposition or a conjunction in a sentence, depending on its function.
Parts of speech are determined by the use of a word in the sentence. Many words can be several parts of speech. I can't tell if you're asking about part of a sentence, or the name of a story or poem. For instance, the word "lighting" can be used as a noun, or a verb, and perhaps an adjective. The word "the" is usually an article. The word "thief" is usually a noun.
Adjectives, verbs, and nouns are words or parts of speech.
Pronoun
he = personal pronoun, subject of the sentence;is = verb to be;still = adverb, modifies the verb 'is';in = preposition;college = noun, object of the preposition.
noun
When using it as a name please capitalize it.
A noun of the abstract type, the name of an intangible idea or concept.
Eric is the subject of the sentence (he is the doer of the action), and Eric is a proper noun (a person's name). Loves is the main verb; it tells what action Eric is performing. And popcorn is a noun, as well as the direct object in this sentence (what does Eric love? Popcorn).
Only capitalize the word 'football' when it is the beginning of a sentence or forms part of a title.
State can be a noun or a verb. In this sentence it is a verb: State your name, please. In this sentence it is a noun: What state do you live in?
It is an adjective.