Question

Which part of speech is the underlined word?

This is our aunt's favorite style of popular music.

A.
noun

B.
preposition

C.
conjunction

D.
pronoun

Answer 1

What's underlined?

Answer 2

This

Answer 3

What do you think?

Answer 4

You can immediately eliminate noun and conjunction.

Answer 5

noun or preposition?

Answer 6

No. A noun is a person, place or thing and "this" is neither of those.

Answer 7

oh

Answer 8

A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.
A preposition is any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/preposition

Answer 9

it is a preposition

Answer 10

Correct.

Answer 11

thank you

Answer 12

You're welcome, anytime!