Question

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:

It weighs about a pound.

• A. Adverb
• B. Adjective
• C. Pronoun
• D. Preposition

Answer 1

The correct option is A Adverb

The word 'about' in the above sentence tells us approximately how much 'it' weighs. Weighs is a verb and since 'about' tells us about the verb in the sentence, it will be an adverb. Therefore option A is the correct answer.

An adjective qualifies the noun or the pronoun in a sentence. 'About' is not an adjective as it does not qualify the pronoun 'it'. Hence, option B is incorrect.

'About' is not used instead of a noun in the above sentence. Since pronouns are the words which are used instead of a noun, 'about' is not a pronoun.

It is also not a preposition as prepositions in sentence relate a noun or a pronoun with the other words.

'About' does not relate either the pronoun 'it' or the noun 'pound' with the other words in the sentence. Hence, options C and D are incorrect.