Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct part of speech for the underlined word(s) in the given sentence.

There was a very irritating boy sitting beside me during the examination who kept disturbing me throughout.

  1. Conjunction

  2. Noun

  3. Preposition

  4. Adjective

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The word irritating modifies the noun boy, describing its quality. Words that modify nouns are adjectives.