What parts of speech are the underlined words?

The poor will always be exploited by the rich.

Dean MacIver was a poor player.

Noun, Adjective

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Noun, Verb

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Adjective, Adjective

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Adjective, Verb

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The correct option is A
Noun, Adjective

The poor will always be exploited by the rich. (Noun, because ‘poor’ is accompanied by the article ‘the’ and it names a class of people.)

Dean MacIver was a poor player. (Adjective, because it describes the noun ‘player’.)

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What parts of speech are the underlined words? The poor will always be exploited by the rich. Dean MacIver was a poor player.

The correct option is A Noun, Adjective The poor will always be exploited by the rich. (Noun, because ‘poor’ is accompanied by the article ‘the’ and it names a class of people.) Dean MacIver was a poor player. (Adjective, because it describes the noun ‘player’.)

What parts of speech are the underlined words?

The poor will always be exploited by the rich.

Dean MacIver was a poor player.

The correct option is A
Noun, Adjective

The poor will always be exploited by the rich. (Noun, because ‘poor’ is accompanied by the article ‘the’ and it names a class of people.)

Dean MacIver was a poor player. (Adjective, because it describes the noun ‘player’.)