Question

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

They while away their evenings with books and games.

• A. Adjective
• B. Noun
• C. Verb
• D. Conjunction

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Verb

In this sentence, "while" means "as a pass time in a leisurely manner"

Adjective is a word that describes a noun

A noun on the other hand is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun ).

A verb is a word a used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence. It is the correct answer as the meaning goes with it.

A conjunction is a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

Option C is correct.