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Parts of Speech
Includes questions related to the comprehension, usage and identification of the classification various parts of speech including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.
13,910 Questions
What part of speech is extraterrestrial?
Extraterrestrial is an adjective, meaning not of this Earth.
What part of speech is rocket?
The word "rocket" can function as both a noun (referring to a type of spacecraft or a firework) and a verb (meaning to move swiftly and suddenly upward).
What is an adjective for beaver?
The noun beaver has no adjective form. The closest would be beaver-like.
What part of speech is adorable?
"Adorable" is an adjective as it can describe a noun, e.g. an adorable puppy.
Which of these words can't be used as nouns in sentences salinity irrigation serious rises saltpans?
The word 'serious' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun. The noun form for the adjective is seriousness.
What part of speech is the word atmosphere?
The word atmospheric is an adjective. It means to be coming from the atmosphere.
What part of speech is lightyear?
"Lightyear" is a noun. It is a unit of distance used to measure interstellar space.
What part of speech is dreams?
Depending how it is used in a sentence, dreams could be a noun (His dreams were colorful) or a verb (He dreams in color.)
What part of speech is realistic?
Realistic is an adjective. It describes something that is closely resembling real life or likely to happen.
Is planet earth a common noun?
The noun 'Earth' is a proper noun as the name of a specific planet.
The noun 'planet' is a common noun, a general word for a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star; a word for any planet.
The term 'planet Earth' (note the capital E) is a noun phrase, a group of words based on a noun (Earth) that functions as a unit in a sentence.
The noun 'earth' (lower case e) is a common noun, a general word for the substance of the land surface of our planet.
What part of speech is symbiosis?
Symbiosis is a noun. It refers to a relationship between living organisms of different species. The noun symbiote refers to an organism involved in a symbiotic relationship.
What part of speech is biological?
The word "biological" is an adjective. It is used to describe living organisms, their processes, or anything related to biology.
What action is not considered part of orogenesis?
Weathering is not considered part of orogenesis. Orogenesis refers to the process of mountain building through tectonic processes like folding, faulting, and volcanic activity, whereas weathering is the process of breaking down rocks and minerals at or near the Earth's surface.
What is the adjective for genes?
The adjective form for gene or genes is genetic. The noun gene can be used with other nouns (e.g. gene therapy, gene splicing) but it is acting as a noun adjunct rather than an adjective.
What is histologist component word parts?
The word parts in "histologist" are:
- Hist- (from Greek "histos" meaning tissue)
- -o- (a connecting vowel)
- -logist (suffix indicating a specialist or expert in the field)
The word 'dispersed' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to disperse. The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective.
The noun forms of the verb to 'disperse' are disperser, dispersal, and the gerund, dispersing.
