Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct parts of speech of the words given in italics:

The fire engine come rushing down the hill.

  1. noun

  2. verb

  3. preposition

  4. adjective

  5. pronoun

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In this sentence, down is followed by the object the hill, establishing a spatial relationship between the rushing and the hill. This makes it a preposition.

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