Question

What is the part of speech for fly in the sentence,The crowd cheered when Gracie caught the fly ball?

Answer 1

Adjective, the word "fly" is describing the type of ball it was. 

Answer 2

Adjective

Step-by-step explanation:

The word “fly” can be used as a verb (when it indicates an action), as a noun (when it refers to a class of thing) or an adjective (when it modifies or describes a noun). In the sentence, “fly” is being used as an adjective that means “stylish and fashionable” and that modifies, describes or gives further detail of the noun “ball”.