Question

What is the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence? Ouch! You

really hurt my foot when you did that.
A)Adjective
B)Preposition
C)Adverb
D)Relative Pronoun

Answer 1

Answer: Adverbs

Step-by-step explanation:

Adverbs of degree indicate the intensity or degree of an action, an adjective or another adverb. The underlined word 'very' stresses the speed of the runner to a high degree, thus, it is an adverb of degree.