No, it is a noun (gerund) or a verb form. But it can be used as an adjunct to modify other nouns (e.g. kissing cousins).
[A spontaneous demonstration] rumbled from somewhere in the middle of the crowd.Note: In this sentence the noun "demonstration" is the simple subject. This is arrived at by asking the verb rumbled a "what" question. Here though the words "a" and "spontaneous" do modify the simple subject and are properly treated as a part of the full subject in general.
Not sure if it is preposition or adverb. What does it modify?
The -ing words are not adverbs.The words ending in -ing are the present participle, present tense of a verb.The present participle of the verb also functions as an adjective and a gerund (verbal noun).EXAMPLESverb: We will be walking in the park on our lunch break.adjective: We brought our walking shoes.noun: Walking refreshes us for the long day. (subject of the sentence)An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.EXAMPLESWalking really refreshes us for the long day. (the adverb 'really' modified the verb 'refreshes')Walking refreshes us for the very long day. (the adverb 'very' modifies the adjective 'long')
A verb is modified by an adverb or an adverbial phrase.
False, it does not! An adjective modifies the subject of a sentence.
It can be. It is a participle form that can modify a noun such as story. The word convincing can also be a gerund (a noun).
Yes, a gerund phrase can function as an adjective by modifying a noun. Gerunds, which are verb forms ending in -ing that function as nouns, can be used in phrases to describe or modify a noun in a sentence.
No, adverbs do not modify linking verbs because linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, which describes or renames the subject rather than describing an action. Adverbs typically modify verbs that show action.
Not really. "When they are fresh" is really a misplaced modifier, since it describes the oranges rather than describing "eating," which is present participle (functioning as a gerund) that is acting as the subject of the sentence. If it were a dangling modifier, it wouldn't modify anything in the sentence.
The complete subject in a sentence is the noun or pronoun along with any words that modify it. It includes the main noun or pronoun that the sentence is about and all the words that describe or modify it.
No, adverbs do not always have to be used at the beginning of a sentence. Adverbs can appear in different positions within a sentence to modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
The simple subject in the sentence, Our task was to graph how many students wore red, would be task. Our is an adjective to modify task.
The simple subject in the sentence, Our task was to graph how many students wore red, would be task. Our is an adjective to modify task.
Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. In the sentence "I am happy to meet you", happy is a predicate adjective. The word it's describing is the subject "I", a pronoun.
The Fourth of July is a loud and lively tradition in the USA.The easy way to do this is to identify the nouns and pronouns in the sentence. In the example above, the nouns are: Fourth of July, tradition, and USA. There are no pronouns.The adjectives modify the nouns. These are The, a, loud, lively, and the--all have been marked by italics below.The Fourth of July is a loud and livelytradition in the USA.The words the, a, and an are articles, always adjectives because they always modify nouns. In the sentence above, loud and lively modify tradition.
"Day" is a noun and is typically used as the subject or object of a sentence, indicating a specific period of time. It can also modify other nouns or verbs to provide additional information about time or duration.