"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".
adverb
what part of speech is beneath
i want to know what part of speech is camping
The part of speech is a adjective
The part(s) of speech that has an "A" sound are: Adjective and Adverb.
was cleaning is a past continuous verb phrase.
noun.What part of speech is the word polish in this sentence.This is a better way of asking the question, words don't don't play as parts of speech.
part of speech
The part of speech for this particular word is a noun.
The part of speech for "answer" is a noun.
adverb
what part of speech is beneath
The part of speech for "explicit" is an adjective.
The part of speech for "twirl" is a verb.
The part of speech for "unfamiliar" is an adjective.
The part of speech of "came" is a verb.
The part of speech for "lecturer" is a noun.