Choose the sentence elements that can be used as nouns.
adjective
infinitive
gerund
noun clause
participle
adverb

your answer is

A. Adjective

please can u give the brainlest i need it

Adjective : The poor  should be considered by the government. ( They should...)// The rich should pay higher taxes. The underlined words are functioning as nouns.

Infinitive: To smoke is dangerous. (It is dangerous.)

Gerund: Smoking is dangerous ( It is dangerous..) // I like reading books. (I like it.)

Noun clause: That he is a liar will be in the news. ( It will be...) // I do not think that he is married. ( I do not think so)

All the underlined elements can be subtituted for a pronoun or so : personal or impersnal. Look at the information in parentheses. So replaces a noun clause when the noun clause comes after a verb like "to think".

a term is used to describe a sudden revelation in a short story is "showing forth".

pandas are endangered because of habitat destruction by humans.

as of 2014 there were around 2,000 left, since then, it supposedly has risen 17%.

they are a very endangered species.

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