Multiple choice

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

He ran slowly.

  1. noun

  2. adverb

  3. adjective

  4. pronoun

  5. verb
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E Correct answer
Explanation

'Ran' is the past tense of the verb 'run', which describes an action. In the sentence 'He ran slowly', 'ran' tells us what He did - it shows action. The word 'slowly' is an adverb that describes how he ran, but 'ran' itself is the action verb.

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