2024 · Q49
Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read the sentence carefully and identify which word class the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The **cantankerous** men of the town roar around the marketplace.
EnglishWord Classes
- AVerb
- BAdverb
- CDeterminer
- DAdjective
Explanation
‘Cantankerous’ (bad-tempered, quarrelsome) describes the noun ‘men’ — the defining role of an adjective. It is not an action (verb), a modifier of a verb (adverb), or a determiner. Hence it is an adjective.