Question

He gave a hurried answer to her question.

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

a verb to an adjective
the tense of the verb
both of the above
neither of the above

Answer 1

Correct answer is: a verb to an adjective:

Verbs can turn into an adjectives by changing into participles.

In this case, they are verb forms ending in ‑ing (present participles) or -ed or -en (past participles), they are used to change nouns.

The hurried answer hurried = ( characteristic of the answer),

It changed the verb into an adjective.

The word "hurried" in this situation, gives an explanation to the type of answer this person "HE" gives.