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Unfortunately multiple parts of speech can occur with other words besides noun/verbs. In the given example, there are three correct answers for "Choose the adverb," not one -- milk = adjective, noun, verb -- When you milk a cow, check to make sure the milk is milk white. green = adjective, noun, verb -- The village green will green up in the spring and stay green until it dries up in August. very = adjective, adverb smack = noun, verb, adverb the = definite article, adverb More examples: so = adverb, conjunction, pronoun for = preposition, conjunction Irregular verbs in that type of question could still be ambiguous in past tense. The past tense of to lie is lay, which is also a noun and a different verb. The past tense of the other to lie is lied, which is also a noun. Best, Northernwrites___ ~~Image #6000 Sharing Restricted~~ ~~Image #603504 Sharing Restricted~~ |