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What part of speech is ran very quickly?

"Ran very quickly" is a verb phrase. Here's why:

* Ran: This is the past tense of the verb "run". It's the action word in the phrase.

* Very: This is an adverb, modifying the adjective "quickly".

* Quickly: This is an adverb, modifying the verb "ran".

Together, these words form a verb phrase describing the action of running in a particular way.

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