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What part of speech is fish in the sentence Catching fish is one of the oldest pastimes?
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∙ 8y ago
The word 'fish' is both a noun and a verb.
The noun 'fish' is a word for a type of water dwelling animal and a type of food we eat.
The verb 'fish' is to attempt to catch this type of water dwelling animal.
- I once caught a fish in this lake. (noun)
- I like to fish in this lake. (verb)
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence, for example:
- I caught a fish today and brought it home to show my dad. (the pronoun 'it' takes the place of the noun 'fish' in the second part of the sentence)
- I caught a big fish today. (the adjective 'big' describes the noun 'fish')
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoSince your question can't show the italics, the parts of speech for the sentence are:
- Large = adjective describing the noun fish.
- fish = is a noun, the subject of the sentence.
- swim = verb
- shiftily = adverb modifying the verb swim.
- sea = noun, object of the preposition in.
- in the sea = adverbial prepositional phrase, modifying the verb swim.
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∙ 8y agoThe word 'fish' is a noun, a word for a thing (things).
In the example sentence, the noun fish is part of the noun phrase 'catching fish', which is the subject of the sentence.
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∙ 15y ago"Fish" can be a noun or a verb.
I like fish. (noun)
We go fishing every Friday. (verb)
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∙ 10y agoDepending on how you use it, it can be a verb ("I like to FISH") or a noun ("I caught a FISH").
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∙ 14y agofish = noun In our aquarium we have ten fish. I like to eat fish.
fish = verb I fished in my bag for my car keys.
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