Multiple choice

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

Some twenty boys were present.

  1. noun

  2. verb

  3. adverb

  4. adjective

  5. pronoun

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In this sentence, 'some' is used to mean 'approximately' or 'about'. Since it modifies the numeral 'twenty', which acts as an adjective for 'boys', 'some' functions as an adverb of degree.