Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part of speech for the given word.

Joy

  1. verb

  2. noun

  3. adjective

  4. adverb

  5. preposition
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Joy is a feeling of great pleasure, happiness, or delight. It is a noun because it names an emotion or feeling. Emions and feelings are always nouns (joy, sorrow, anger, fear). Joy can also be used as a verb in archaic contexts ('to joy'), but this is rare.

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