Multiple choice

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

The rose smells sweet.

  1. noun

  2. verb

  3. adverb

  4. adjective

  5. pronoun
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In this sentence, sweet is a subject complement that describes the state of the subject rose, rather than modifying the action of smelling. Therefore, it functions as an adjective.

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