Seth has passed everyone in the race.
What part of speech is "has passed"?
The verb is "has passed."
So it's a verb
I don't know that answer I was wondering that myself... hope you've found it by now cause that was posted October 26 2009.
The part of speech for "has passed" in this context is a verb phrase.
To identify the part of speech of a word or phrase, we need to understand its function in the sentence. In this case, "has passed" is used to describe the action or event that Seth has done, which is passing everyone in the race.
To confirm this, we can break down the phrase further. "Has" is a present tense auxiliary verb that indicates the action is happening in the present time. "Passed" is the main verb, which is the past participle form of "pass." Together, "has passed" forms a verb phrase, indicating an action that Seth has completed in the past.