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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:
The cat was quite dead.

A
Noun
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B
Adverb
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Adjective
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D
Pronoun
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Solution

The correct option is A Adverb

An adverb is a word or phrase that qualifies or changes an adjective, verb or other adverb, to express a relation of situation, cause etc.

The correct answer is B) Adverb as 'quite' describes the adjective 'dead here.

Options A,C, and D are wrong as 'quite' doesn't function as a noun , an adjective and pronoun respectively.




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