Question

Name the part of the speech of the underlined word in the following sentence-
He still lives in that house.
a. Adverb
b. Adjective
c. Conjunction
d. Noun

Answer 1

Hint: Check the importance of the underlined word and then find out the role it plays in the subject/predicate of the sentence.

Complete answer:
In the above sentence, the word “still” is adding meaning to the word following it, “lives”. It tells us “ he” is presently living in that house.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
> Option ‘a’ is Adverb. Since “lives” is a verb so the word qualifying it or adding meaning to it will be an adverb. So, it is the correct answer.
> Option ‘b' is Adjective. An adjective is used to add meaning to a noun or a pronoun, which is not happening here. In the above sentence, “still” does not add any meaning to the noun in the sentence, which is “house” or the pronoun, which is “he”. So it is an incorrect option.
> Option ‘c’ is Conjunction. Conjunction is a word used to join words or sentences. Here, “still”, in the above sentence, does not join any words or sentences. Therefore, it is an incorrect option as well.
> Option ‘d' is Noun. A noun is a name of a person, place or thing. And here, “still” is not any name of a person, place or thing. So, it is not the correct answer.
As we have analysed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer, which is, option ‘a', Adverb. “Still” in the given sentence, is an adverb.

Note : Don’t confuse yourselves by thinking that “still” is giving any meaning to the pronoun “he”, it is only adding meaning to the verb of the sentence.