Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the part of speech for the underlined word.

Basu is a short man.

  1. noun

  2. adverb

  3. adjective

  4. pronoun

  5. verb
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Short describes the noun man by telling us what kind of man Basu is. Adjectives describe nouns and answer what kind. Short is describing a quality of the man, not an action, person, or description of how something is done.

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