How is the word street used in the sentence below:
Street cleaners can often be seen on our block in the very early morning.
adjective***
adverb
noun
pronoun
Am I right Ms.Sue?
Ms.Sue?
Yes, it's serving as an adjective here.
Take the sentence apart. First find the subject and verb.
subj = cleaners
verb = can be seen
Which word is "street" describing? Since it's describing the subject (which is a noun), it must be an adjective.
Ok, Thank you so much ^.^
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Actually, the word "street" in the sentence is used as a noun. It refers to the public road in a town or city that vehicles drive on.
To determine this, you can identify the part of speech of a word by considering its function in the sentence and its definition. In this case, "street" identifies a place or a thing, which makes it a noun. It is not an adjective, adverb, pronoun, or any other part of speech.
So, the correct answer is: noun.