Question

36. Identify the underlined part of speech.

“Dolley Madison, the wife of the fourth United States president, is one of history's many
interesting women."
pronoun
adjective
adverb
interjection

Answer 1

Answer: B. Adjective

Explanation: “many” is the underlined part of the word. “Many” is an adjective.

Answer 2

Since there is nothing underlined, I will identify the part of speech for every word.

Dolley - proper noun

Madison - proper noun

the - definite article

wife - common noun, singular, countable

of - preposition

the - definite article

fourth - adjective

United States - proper noun

president - common noun, singular, countable

is - present form of the auxiliary verb to be in third person

one - cardinal number

of - preposition

history`s - abstract noun, singular, countable (possessive form - Saxon genitive)

many - adjective

interesting - adjective

women - common noun, plural, countable