In the sentence "The annoying man was late," the bolded word "annoying" is a participle. Specifically, it is a present participle used as an adjective to describe "man." Therefore, the correct response is "adjective, participle."
What part of speech is the bolded word in the sentence below? Is it a gerund or a participle? The annoying man was late. (1 point) Responses noun, gerund noun, gerund adjective, participle adjective, participle adjective, gerund adjective, gerund noun, participle
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