State the parts of speech of the underlined words.

When the boy got bored in the class or could not follow what the teacher was saying, he would simply fall asleep.

Verb, verb, verb, adjective

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Solution

The correct option is A
Verb, verb, verb, adjective

In the sentence, ‘got’, ‘follow’ and ‘would’ are verbs, whereas ‘asleep’ is an adjective.

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State the parts of speech of the underlined words. When the boy got bored in the class or could not follow what the teacher was saying, he would simply fall asleep.

The correct option is A Verb, verb, verb, adjective In the sentence, ‘got’, ‘follow’ and ‘would’ are verbs, whereas ‘asleep’ is an adjective.

State the parts of speech of the underlined words.

When the boy got bored in the class or could not follow what the teacher was saying, he would simply fall asleep.

The correct option is A
Verb, verb, verb, adjective

In the sentence, ‘got’, ‘follow’ and ‘would’ are verbs, whereas ‘asleep’ is an adjective.