Discussion
Which part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence :
I don't know why he is so hostile to me.
Answer: B
The underlined word 'why' is an Adverb.
Here why introduces the clause 'why he is so hostile to me' and tells the reason for the action in that clause. Words like why, when, where and how that ask or tell about reason, time, place or manner work as adverbs (interrogative or relative adverbs).
It is not an adjective, since it does not describe a noun; not a preposition, since it does not link a noun to the rest of the sentence; and not a pronoun, since it does not stand for a noun.
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