Question

Name the part of speech of the underlined word of the given sentence-
Muslims fast during the month of Ramzan.
a) Adverb
b) Verb
c) Noun
d) Conjunction

Answer 1

Hint: Part of speech is a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. Each and every word of any sentence comes under one or another part of speech.

Complete answer:
 In English, the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. In traditional grammar, a part of speech is a category of words that have similar grammatical properties. In the given question, we have to identify the part of speech of the underlined word. The underlined word is – fast.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ is Adverb. It is something that describes a noun or a verb at the same time.
Option ‘b’ is a Verb. It is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
Option ‘c’ is a Noun. It is the name of a person, place, or thing. The underlined word is not a noun.
Option ‘d’ is a Conjunction. A word used to connect clauses, or sentences or to coordinate words, in the same clause.
As we have examined all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct option. Here, the underlined word is fast, which means – anyone's willful refrainment from eating. Here, the given word is an adverb. Hence, the correct option is option ‘a’.

Note:
‘Fast' can be both an adverb and an adjective. Fast also means – quickly. Hence, you must know its usage in the given sentence. Here, it is clearly shown that 'fast' means the 'stoppage of eating for a particular period of time'.