Participles, infinitives, and gerunds ~Apex :D
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'.
adjective It describes the reproductive organ
In the sentence, "Which is his sister?", "which" is an interrogative pronoun.
Why is the beginning of a interrogative sentence.
Noun--however, many words have several possible parts of speech; please submit the Whole Sentence when asking for part of speech--cannot be sure without seeing how it is used in the sentence, as that's what determines the part of speech.
I forget the overall term, but I know some subcategories of the term. Participles, or verbs functioning as adjectives. Gerunds, or verbs functioning as nouns. Infinitives, which are to+ the most basic form of a verb. These can be nouns and maybe other parts of speech.
In the sentence "There is a lake in the town," the word "there" is functioning as an adverb. It is used to indicate the existence or presence of something.
The verb in the sentence is "seems." It is a linking verb that connects the subject "he" to the subject complement "tired."
In the sentence "The vase was broken," "broken" is functioning as an adjective. It describes the state of the vase.
geruned
"play" is a verb in this sentence, functioning as the main action word.
The individual word "sentence" is a common noun. However, a sentence itself is comprised of many different parts of speech.
The word 'enjoying' is functioning as the main verb in the sentence (You are enjoying the party).
In the sentence "yesterday the leaves hung on the tree," "yesterday" is functioning as an adverb modifying the verb "hung."
direct speech: a speech or a sentence quoted from a sentence somebody had spoken or am speaking. using inverted commas(" ") reported speech: a report of what somebody had said before. direct speech: a speech or a sentence quoted from a sentence somebody had spoken or am speaking. using inverted commas(" ") reported speech: a report of what somebody had said before.
the subject of a sentence may be what parts of speech' call?
In this sentence, "seldom" is functioning as an adverb modifying the verb "seen." It indicates the frequency at which the action of seeing a beautiful sunrise has occurred.