Question

Identify the underlined part of speech.
"The dynamic wife of James Madison became the unofficial first lady during(underlined word) Jefferson's eight years as president
a. Pronoun
b. verb
c. adverb
d. preposition

Answer 1

during is the underlined word correct?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

lets look at the choices, pronoun - a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

Answer 4

preposition - a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”

Answer 5

im sure you know what a verb and an adverb are

Answer 6

the word during isnt a verb so we can count b and c out

Answer 7

according to this its not a pronoun

Answer 8

so it would have to be a preposition

Answer 9

thank you. i was thinking that was the answer

Answer 10

your welcome happy to help :D