Identify the part of speech the underlined word belongs to.

He loves his sister dearly.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Adverb

Key Points

An adverb is a word which qualifies the verb, adjective or another adverb in the sentence.
- Example: I have come to the office early.
The underlined word 'dearly' is an adverb which qualifies the verb in the sentence.
As we have to identify which part of speech the word belongs to, we need to know the significance of parts of speech.
Parts of speech:
A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions.
In English, the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

Let's understand the definitions of parts of speech given in options with examples:

Parts of speech	Function	Example
Pronoun	To replace a noun to avoid repetition	Mohini is a kind girl. She loves the poor.
Noun	Naming people, places, things, feelings etc.	Dolly presented me with a new dress. It is her love for me.
Verb	showing some action or state of being	I work for my family. Munnu is sleeping.
Adverb	It qualifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb in the sentence	I learn things easily but find it difficult to solve the problems.

The word dearly is qualifying the verb in the sentence. So it is classified as an adverb.