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Question
Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.
They gave me a gift everyday.
Solution
gift- Noun
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| 5. | admire | |||
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| 7. | applicable | |||
| 8. | avoidably | |||
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