Question

What is "straight" in the following sentence?
She went straight home after school.
a. adverb
b. adjective
c. intensifier
d. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: All words belong to categories called word classes (or parts of speech) according to the part they play in a sentence, for example- noun, verb, adjective.

Complete step by step solution:
In the given question,
Let us analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), 'adverb', refers to a word that modifies something other than a noun.
Therefore, option (a.) is correct as ‘straight’ is modifying the verb ‘went’ in the given sentence.

Option (b.), ‘adjective', refers to a word that expresses an attribute of something, usually a noun.
Therefore, option (b.) is incorrect as the noun ‘home’ is not being modified here by the given word ‘straight’.

Option (c.), ‘intensifier', refers to a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies of an adjective or adverb.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as ‘straight’ does not modify any adjective or adverb.

Option (d.), ‘none of the above', means that none of the other given options are correct.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as option (a.) is correct.

Note: In this question, do not confuse ‘intensifier’ to be the correct option, as intensifiers usually add emotional emphasis to an adverb or adjective, which is not the case.