Question : Identify the underlined part of speech in the given sentence:
Hush! Don't knock on the door, the baby is sleeping.
Option 1: Interjection
Option 2: Adjective
Option 3: Adverb
Option 4: Conjuction
Correct Answer:
Interjection
Solution : The correct answer is option 1.
Explanation:
- Let's consider the possibilities:
- Interjection: An interjection is a term that is used to communicate a quick emotion in between phrases or thoughts. Exclamations can be used to greet or congratulate someone.
- Adjective: A word designating a noun's quality.
- Adverb: A word or phrase that qualifies, modifies, or adds information to an adjective, verb, or other adverb or word group to express a relationship of place, time, occasion, manner, cause, degree, etc.
- Conjunction: The activity of two or more events or things happening at the same time or place.
Hush is used to indicate a request for someone to be quiet or to stop talking in the given sentence.
Given the definitions given above, it is obvious that "hush" belongs to the group of interjections that express emotion, making option 1 the best one to pick.
