Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in the following setence: All were gone.

  1. indefinite pronoun

  2. definite pronoun

  3. reflexive pronoun

  4. emphatic pronoun

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A Correct answer
Explanation

All is an indefinite pronoun that refers to an unspecified group of people or things. Indefinite pronouns do not point to specific nouns and include words like everyone, someone, anything, and none. In this sentence, all functions as the subject meaning everyone or every person.