- Noun
- Adverb
- Adjective
- None of these
The correct answer is “adverb.” The word “now” indicates the time at which the action (is offering) is taking place. It answers the question “When is she offering prayers?” – now. Words that modify a verb by indicating time (now, then, soon), place (here, there), or manner (slowly, quickly) are adverbs. While “now” can sometimes function as a noun in phrases like “from now on,” in this sentence, it is solely modifying the verb and is therefore acting as an adverb of time. It is not an adjective, as it does not describe a noun, and it is clearly not “none of these” since it has a defined grammatical role.
