A few days ago
tia

what part of speech are these 3 words in the sentence?

1) **Alas!** After traveling **nearly** 850 miles, Shackleton and his men **were** forced to turn back, even though they were within 100 miles of the South Pole.

NOUN

PRONOUN

ADJECTIVE

VERB

ADVERB

CONJUNCTION

PREPOSITION

INTERJECTION

Top 4 Answers
A few days ago
John V

Favorite Answer

alas — interjection

nearly — adverb

were — verb

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Alas is an interjection, nearly is an adverb, and were is a helping verb. Seriously, though, consider the question before asking it. If you’d given it even half a thought you could answer it yourself.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
It’s time for you to solve this the same way you should have solved the other three questions that were exactly like this one.

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You need to define the parts of speech, and then use your knowledge of each part of speech to identify what those are — instead of relying on point whores to do the work for you.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
1–Alas–interjection

2–nearly–adverb

3–were–verb

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