Multiple choice

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

There are five girls in this class.

  1. noun

  2. adverb

  3. adjective

  4. pronoun

  5. verb
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'This' is functioning as a demonstrative adjective in this sentence because it modifies the noun 'class'. Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) point out specific nouns and help identify which one we're talking about. It tells us exactly which class is being referred to.

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