Foundation
English
Verb
Verb
Tenses
Question
Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:
They while away their evenings with books and games.
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Solution
In this sentence, "while" means "as a pass time in a leisurely manner"
Adjective is a word that describes a noun
A noun on the other hand is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things ( common noun ), or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun ).
A verb is a word a used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence. It is the correct answer as the meaning goes with it.
A conjunction is a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause
Option C is correct.