3 GRAMMAR Verb or noun? Are the underlined words in the sentences nouns or verbs? 1 Companies near here export goods to Europe. Export goes well. 2 It's good to support charity work. Such support is good. 3 I hope I will see him again soon. I will never lose hope. 4 There's a strange taste in my mouth. The air is so dirty that I think you can taste it. 5 How much can you offer for my car? Your last offer was too low. 6 Can you see the smoke coming from that room? It's either a fire or the smoke from many cigarettes.

Let's identify whether the underlined words are nouns or verbs: 1. *export* (verb) - *Export* (noun) 2. *support* (verb) - *support* (noun) 3. *see* (verb) - *hope* (noun) 4. *taste* (noun) - *taste* (verb) 5. *offer* (verb) - *offer* (noun) 6. *smoke* (noun) - *smoke* (noun) Explanation: * Nouns: Words that represent people, places, things, or ideas. * Verbs: Words that describe actions or states of being. *Sentence 1*: *export* is used as a verb when describing the action of exporting goods. *Export* is used as a noun when referring to the act of exporting in general. *Sentence 2*: *support* is used as a verb when describing the action of supporting charity work. *Support* is used as a noun when referring to such support being good. *Sentence 3*: *see* is used as a verb for the action of seeing. *hope* is used as a noun when expressing something desired. *Sentence 4*: *taste* is used as a noun to describe a strange taste in the mouth. *taste* is used as a verb for the action of tasting something. *Sentence 5*: *offer* is used as a verb when asking how much someone can offer. *offer* is used as a noun when referring to the last offer. *Sentence 6*: *smoke* is used as a noun to describe the smoke coming from that room and smoke from many cigarettes.