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Adverb or Preposition?
Sometimes, we can confuse prepositions with adverbs.
Let us learn to identify prepositions from adverbs. Read these sentences.
y Karan ran down the stairs.
y We met outside the mall.
y Get inside the room.
In these sentences, the highlighted words are prepositions because each preposition is
followed by a noun which is known as the object of the preposition.
Now, read these sentences.
y He sat down.
y We met outside.
y Get inside.
In these sentences, the highlighted words are adverbs because they modify the verbs that
precede them.
C. Identify whether the highlighted words are prepositions (P) or adverbs (A).
1. Come inside.
2. Please stand outside.
3. An eagle circled above.
4. I had not met him before.
5. I looked out.
6. I left my notebook behind.
7. The rain came down heavily.
8. The cat slept inside the box.
9. We are going out at 8:00 p.m.
10. The cat was behind the curtain.
11. The children are playing outside.
12. The train went through the tunnel.
13. Leave the shoes outside the front door.
14. We reached half an hour before the show.
15. There was a huge beanstalk outside Jack’s bedroom window.
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