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Elodia [21]
3 years ago
13

Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below.

English
2 answers:
kodGreya [7K]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The purple flamingo flapped outrageusly as the blue alligator closed in for the attack.

Explanation:

Noun: flamingo, alligator (they are nouns that represent animals), attack.

Verb: flapped, closed (they are actions)

Adverb: outrageously (express the way an action is done). They modify verbs and adjectives.

Adjective: purple, blue. They are used to modify nouns.

Preposition: in, for. A preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words within a sentence

Interjection: an interjection is a word that expresses a strong emotion. In this sentence, there are not interjections.

zvonat [6]3 years ago
7 0
The correct answer is "noun".

In this situation, attack is a noun because it denotes the act of attacking. It doesn't denote attacking itself in which case it would be a verb.
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