Choose the word that is a preposition in the sentence: The cat jumped over the wall.
- A. cat
- B. jumped
- C. over
- D. wall
Explanation
Over shows the relationship between the verb and the noun that follows it, which is what a preposition does, and over the wall is the prepositional phrase. Cat and wall are nouns and jumped is the verb. A preposition is always followed by its object, here the wall.
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