1. My friends and I looked ""around"" for our sleds a. Preposition b. Adverb 2. Jamie had never been sledding ""before"". a. Pre
position b. Adverb 3-5.Identify the preposition 3. The legendary Pony Express rode its way into American history. 4. The rider's trail began at St. Joseph, Missouri. 5. A weary rider would often reach California in 10 days.
If you have to choose one, choose adverb. In this sentence around is telling you where my friends and I looked. It is modifying looked so it is an adverb.
2. adverb
Same reasoning as number 1. Usually before is a preposition, but in this sentence it is an adverb because it tells when they had never been sledding. A word that answer when like today, yesterday, tomorrow are adverbs.
3. into
4. at
5. in
Preposition tell the relation of one noun to another. These words all give you some indication of the relationship between the subject of the sentence and another noun (history, St. Joseph, days).
Here are the answers to the given questions above. 1. The word "around" is both a preposition and an adverb. 2. The word "before" is both a preposition and an adverb. 3. The preposition for this sentence is the word "into". 4. The preposition is the word "at". 5. The preposition is the word "in". Hope these answers help.
