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Question

Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:

It weighs about a pound.
  1. Adverb
  2. Adjective
  3. Pronoun
  4. Preposition

A
Adverb
B
Adjective
C
Pronoun
D
Preposition
Solution
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The word 'about' in the above sentence tells us approximately how much 'it' weighs. Weighs is a verb and since 'about' tells us about the verb in the sentence, it will be an adverb. Therefore option A is the correct answer.
An adjective qualifies the noun or the pronoun in a sentence. 'About' is not an adjective as it does not qualify the pronoun 'it'. Hence, option B is incorrect.
'About' is not used instead of a noun in the above sentence. Since pronouns are the words which are used instead of a noun, 'about' is not a pronoun.
It is also not a preposition as prepositions in sentence relate a noun or a pronoun with the other words.
'About' does not relate either the pronoun 'it' or the noun 'pound' with the other words in the sentence. Hence, options C and D are incorrect.

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