Question

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word.
Take this parcel over to the post office.
A) Adverb
B) Verb
C) Preposition
D) conjunction

Answer 1

Hint:Over is the word that is connecting the nouns with other words in the sentence. Therefore, the part of speech that comes before the noun and it connects the noun with other words is the correct answer in this case.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze each option one by one.
Option A is an adverb. The adverb describes a verb. But in this case, over is not describing any verb. Therefore, the conditions mentioned in the hint are not fulfilled; hence, option A is incorrect.
Option B is a verb. They are the action words. Again, over does not signify any action. The conditions mentioned in the hint are not fulfilled in this case as well; therefore, option B is also incorrect.
Option C is a preposition. The prepositions are the words that connect nouns with other words and they come before the noun. Therefore, all conditions mentioned in the hint are fulfilled in this case. So, the correct answer is “Option C”.
Option D is conjunction. They are joining words and they mainly join two phrases. Therefore, the conditions mentioned in the hint are not fulfilled in this case as well, hence, option D is also incorrect.

Note:
The definition and understanding of each part of speech are important. If knowledge of a part of speech lacks, then it becomes difficult to analyze and identify the correct answer in similar questions.