Identify the part of speech the underlined word belongs to.
He is slow but he is steady.

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Conjunction

Key Points

A conjunction is a word that is used to join two words, phrases or sentences.
Example: My daughter and I take tea.
The underlined word in the sentence joins two sentences.
As we have to identify which part of speech the word belongs to, we need to know the significance of parts of speech.
Parts of speech:
A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions.
In English, the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

Let's understand the definitions of parts of speech given in options with examples:

Parts of speech	Function	Example
Pronoun	To replace a noun to avoid repetition	Mohini is a kind girl. She loves the poor.
Noun	Naming people, places, things, feelings etc.	Dolly presented me with a new dress. It is her love for me.
Verb	showing some action or state of being	I work for my family. Munnu is sleeping.
Conjunction	It is used to join two words, phrases or sentences to make them one.	I learn things easily but find it difficult to solve the problems.

The word but joins two sentences to make them a single sentence. So it is classified as conjunction.