Multiple choice

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

There are twenty boys in this class.

  1. noun

  2. verb

  3. adverb

  4. adjective

  5. pronoun
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Explanation

The word 'boys' is a noun because it refers to a group of people. It is the subject complement in this sentence structure. Nouns are the primary words used to name living beings or objects.

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