What is the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence? the falling snow (had covered) our entire driveway. a. conjunction b. adjective c. noun d. verb

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

1# the answer is c

2#the answer is a