CDS 2026 (I) English, question 69

Topic: Word classes

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Directions · Q61 to Q70

Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read each sentence carefully, and determine which word class the underlined word belongs to. Mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Q69

The number of boxes sold leapt from 19,400 to 33,542.

  1. (a) Noun
  2. (b) Adjective
  3. (c) Adverb
  4. (d) VerbCorrect answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) Verb

  1. Leapt is the past-tense verb of leap and supplies the sentence's main predicate.
  2. It reports the increase in the number of boxes sold.