Question

1. In the word candles the inflection added makes the word ____.

A. Plural
B. Possesive

2. He gave a hurried answer to her question.

In the sentence above the inflection of the word hurried changes _____.

A. a verb to an adjective
B. the tense of the verb
C. both of the above
D. neither of the above


3.Inflecting run to running changes the word into a(n) _____.

A. adverb
B. past tense verb
C. participle
D. possessive

Answer 1

1.A. Plural

2.A. a verb to an adjective

3.C. participle

Step-by-step explanation:

When you add an "S" to words you can do it to make them plural, or to make them a possesive, in this case candles is plural.

The hurried answer is talking about the kind of answer that he gave to the person, this changed the verb into an adjective.

A participle is a verb that is being modified with the ing in order to make it an adjective, with the participle you can use a verb as an adjective, like when you use the verb run, to say that someone was in a hurry or running.

Answer 2

A. Plural

A. a verb to an adjective

C. participle

Step-by-step explanation:

3. Participles are a type of verbal that act like an adjective instead of a verb. "Running" is a participle.

2. The word "hurried" in this case, gives a description to the type of answer this character gives.

1. Candle is singular, but candles [adding -s] is plural [more than one candle].

I am joyous to assist you anytime.