2007-04-06 11:10:34 · 10 answers · asked by Yvonne S 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Fish is used as a noun - as in 'catching fish'; "That fish weighs five pounds.'
It may also be a verb - 'I like to fish', or 'He fishes every afternoon.'
Fish may be used as an adjective, but only in limited senses that allow all nouns to be used as adjectives. "He used fish scales to weigh the fish.'; 'That looks like fish skin.' In both of those 'fish' is tecnically an adjective, modifying 'scales' and 'skin'. If you need an adjective for 'fish', it would be 'fishy' - meaning 'like a fish'.
There's no way to use fish as a pronoun.
2007-04-06 11:25:55 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the example given, fish is a noun and the object of the verb 'catching'. A useful test is to see whether the word you're trying to classify answers the question "what", as in "what is he or she catching? what was caught?". If it answers the question, it's a noun. If the word answers the question "how" as in how the fish was caught (e.g., quickly), it tells you about, or modifies, the verb and is an adverb. If the phrase described a "fish catcher", then fish would describe what kind of noun catcher is, and be an adjective. Finally, for fish to be a verb, it would need to be performing the (main) action in the sentence. In the example, 'is' and 'catching' (used with the object fish) are classified as verbs. Hope this helps.
2007-04-06 13:00:43 · answer #2 · answered by semper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish is a noun if following a a verb and indefinite article- e.g. The man caught a fish. BUT it is a verb in the infinitive in the present tense after a verb e.g. I like to fish. It is never an adjective unless prefixed to another word - 'fish-like' or suffixed - 'fishy'.
2007-04-06 12:35:14 · answer #3 · answered by Neo210 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A noun is a person, place, or thing. Fish is a noun
2007-04-06 11:14:23 · answer #4 · answered by humanity_done 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are speaking of the animal......I have a fish....noun
If you are speaking of the activity...I went to the lake to fish.....verb
If you use it to describe something...That has a fishy smell...adjective
2007-04-06 11:18:48 · answer #5 · answered by dominica h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) fish, as in "I caught a fish", is a noun
2) fish, as in "I'm going to fish at the lake", is a verb
3) fishy, as in, "Something smells fishy", is an adjective
You can refer to a fish using a pronoun (he, she, it), but the word "fish" itself is never a pronoun. Hope that helps.
2007-04-06 11:20:23 · answer #6 · answered by Marko 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a noun
2007-04-06 11:18:28 · answer #7 · answered by Lucky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In your sentences it is a noun.
2007-04-06 11:17:31 · answer #8 · answered by auteur 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This whole discussion seems fishy.
2007-04-06 11:28:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋