The sentence "Beth and Melissa were both late since she had lost her watch" is ambiguous because the pronoun "she" can refer to any of the two girls.
In order to eliminate such ambiguity, we could rewrite the sentence in the following ways:
- Beth and Melissa were both late since the former had lost her watch.
- Beth and Melissa were both late since the latter had lost her watch.
The word "former" is used to indicate the first-mentioned of two people while the word "latter" is used to indicate the last-mentioned of two people.
Metaphors. The classroom was a zoo.
The alligator's teeth are white daggers.
She is a peacock.
My teacher is a dragon.
Mary's eyes were fireflies.
The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
He is a night owl.
Maria is a chicken.
The wind was a howling wolf.
The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
Jamal was a pig at dinner.
The kids were monkeys on the jungle gym.
My dad is a road hog.
The stormy ocean was a raging bull.
The thunder was a mighty lion.
Answer:
Verb
Explanation:
"Be" is a verb because it equates a noun to doing or being another noun or adjective.
