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Re: clerk In that example sentence, very is an adverb, easy is an adjective. Ex: The test is very easy. Let's check it a test => test is a noun. We know this because nouns take determiners/articles and a is one. an easy test
=> We know that test is a noun, and that nouns are modified by adjectives, which makes easy and adjective. a very easy test
=> We know that easy is an adjective, and that adjectives are modified by adverbs, which makes very an adverb. |