Question

Which verbal in the passage functions as a noun?
James Maddalena is a celebrated American opera singer. Portraying Richard Nixon in the 1987 opera Nixon in China was his breakout role. Audiences have enjoyed Maddalena's dazzling voice for many years. His ability to perform is known throughout the world.

Answer 1

the answer options are celebrated, portraying, dazzling, and preform

Answer 2

or,perform*

Answer 3

@freckles @whpalmer4

Answer 4

it werrd right

Answer 5

weird

Answer 6

do you have attempts like my homeschool?

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

well dang

Answer 9

i have one chance

Answer 10

I can take the test again but it changes the questions

Answer 11

so what do you think? my bet is perform but i think im wrong

Answer 12

well I'm pretty sure that it is not dazzling

Answer 13

yea

Answer 14

i mean just from reading it it sounds like a performance

Answer 15

yeah I think i will go with perform

Answer 16

I won't know if I got it right untill the end of the quiz

Answer 17

its either perform or celebrate

Answer 18

ok well thanks!

Answer 19

np

Answer 20

its a test??

Answer 21

James Maddalena is a celebrated American opera singer.

the verb here is "is", with "celebrated" acting as an adjective.

Audiences have enjoyed Maddalena's dazzling voice for many years.

the verb here is "have enjoyed", with "dazzling" acting as an adjective.

His ability to perform is known throughout the world.

the verb here is "is known" with "to perform" acting as a part of speech I don't recall at the moment, but observe that the sentence would make sense without it:

"His ability is known."

Portraying Richard Nixon in the 1987 opera Nixon in China was his breakout role.

Simplified version of sentence:
"<something> was his role."

Verb in this sentence is "was". <something> is the subject.

Your answer is?