ENGLISH teacher !! HELPSSS..?

Question

Q1, canada set an important of decency when it offered a formal apology and compensation worth millions of dollars to a Syrian-born canadian.
My question is "worth" here is a " Verb" or "adj."??

Q2. --------was this check written?!
a. WHOM b. TO WHOM

THANKS FOR HELP...
the answer should be A or B?? and WHY??

Answer 1

"Worth" is never a verb. It is an adjective because it relates to the noun "compensation".
" To whom " is the answer. You can say, "Who wrote this check," not "whom". "Whom" has to be the object, not the subject. You can say,"Whom do you mean?" though a lot of people these days say, "Who do you mean?" Concentrate on the difference between subject and object, and you will grasp the difference.

Answer 2

In this sentence the verb is "offered".
Q1.Compensation "worth millions "..... Worth is used as a noun.
It is actually a shortened way of saying... " compensation "with a worth of" millions of dollars. "
Worth is used only as a noun or adjective in modern english.
Noun as in... the worth of ... a worth of ...
Adjective as in....worth considering.... or not worth anything..

Q2. TO whom. Because in the sentence the word "to" is a necessary preposition, and whom is the object.... (the guy).
The pronoun.. whom ..is the object of the prep.

Otherwise the sentence makes to sense if you leave out the prep: Whom was this check written?
You only use whom when the pronoun is an object of a verb or prep. In this case it is the object of a prep.

Also you are not using the word important (adj) correctly. It is not a noun.

Answer 3

Worth is an adjective because it tells us something about the compensation.
To whom was the check written?
"For whom the bell tolls", tells us about a bell ringing FOR someone. Likewise, To whom was the check written?, ask something about a check TO be written out for a person.

Answer 4

1 i think it's an adj

2 to whom
This check was written to him. To whom was this check written.

The answer uses to (person) so the question has 'to' as well.

Answer 5

Etymology 1

Old English weorþ, from Germanic *werþaz ‘towards, opposite’ (the noun developing from the adjective). Cognate with German wert/Wert, Dutch waard (adjective), Swedish värd.

[edit] Adjective

worth (not comparable)

Positive
worth


Comparative
not comparable


Superlative
none (absolute)

1. Equal in value to; proper to be exchanged for.

My house now is worth double what I paid for it.

2. Deserving of.

I think you’ll find my proposal worth your attention.

3. (obsolete, except in Scots) Valuable, worth while.
4. Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating

This job is hardly worth the effort.

[edit] Usage notes

The modern adjectival senses of worth compare two noun phrases, prompting some sources to classify the word as a preposition. Most, however, list it an adjective, some with notes like "governing a noun with prepositional force". Fowler's Modern English Usage says, "the adjective worth requires what is most easily described as an object."

[edit] Translations
equal in value to[Show]

* Dutch: gelijkwaardig aan
* German: wert



* Korean: 값나가다 (gapnagada)

deserving of[Show]

* Dutch: gewaardeerd
* German: verdienen



* Korean: 값어치있다 (gabEochi-itda)

valuable, worthwhile (obsolete)[Show]


* Korean: 값지다 (gapjida)

making a fair equivalent of[Show]

* Dutch: vermogen
* German: wert



* Korean: 값어치있다 (gabEochi-itda)

[edit] Noun

Singular
worth


Plural
uncountable

worth (uncountable)

1. Monetary value.

I’ll have a dollar's worth of candy, please.

2. Merit, excellence.

Our new director is a man whose worth is well acknowledged.

[edit] Translations
value[Show]

* Arabic: قيمة (qíma) f.
* Chinese: 价值 (jiàzhí)
* Dutch: waarde f.
* French: valeur m.
* German: Wert m.
* Italian: valore m.



* Japanese: 価値 (かち, kachi)
* Korean: 값 (gabs, gap), 값어치 (gabEochi), 가치 (價値, gachi)
* Portuguese: valor m.
* Russian: цена (tsená) f., ценность (tsénnost’) f.
* Spanish: valor m.
* Swedish: värde n.

[edit] Derived terms

* net worth

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English weorþan. Cognate with Dutch worden, German werden, Latin vertere.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to worth


Third person singular
worths


Simple past
worthed


Past participle
worthed


Present participle
worthing

to worth (third-person singular simple present worths, present participle worthing, simple past worthed, past participle worthed)

1. (obsolete, except in set phrases) To happen to, to befall.

Woe worth the man that crosses me.

[edit] Scots

[edit] Adjective

worth (comparative mair worth, superlative maist worth)

Positive
worth


Comparative
mair worth


Superlative
maist worth

1. Valuable, worth while.

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