Q24
EnglishParts of Speech
What part of speech is the word 'Adjective'?
- a.Pronoun
- b.Noun
- c.Adjective
- d.Adverb
Answer: (B) Noun
The word 'Adjective' (as used in the sentence 'what part of speech is the word Adjective') is functioning as a Noun — it is the name of a grammatical category. This is a meta-linguistic question: the word itself names a thing, so it functions as a noun in this context.