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Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in: 'The manager spoke VERY politely to the angry client.'
The word 'very' is an adverb. In the sentence it modifies 'politely', which is itself an adverb, and only adverbs can modify adverbs, adjectives or verbs. It does not describe a noun, so it cannot be an adjective.
- AAdjective
- BAdverbCorrect
- CPreposition
- DConjunction
Explanation
'Very' modifies the adverb 'politely', and a word that modifies another adverb is itself an adverb. It is not an adjective because it does not describe a noun. It does not link words or show a relation to a noun, so it is not a conjunction or preposition.
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