Question

(1) The last batter hit the ball outside the foul line. (2) The catcher ran to catch the ball and then threw it back to the pitcher. (3) The pitcher caught the ball on the very outside of his mitt. (4) He then pitched the ball to the next batter, but he pitched it low and outside. (5) The next batter hit the ball outside the park. In which sentence is the word outside used as an adverb? sentence five sentence one sentence four sentence three

Answer 1

(4) He then pitched the ball to the next batter, but he pitched it low and outside.

Answer 2

(5) The next batter hit the ball outside the park. The way "outside" is used here is as a preposition. It connects "park" to the rest of the sentence.

(1) The last batter hit the ball outside the foul line. The way "outside" is used here is as a preposition. It connects "line" to the rest of the sentence.

(4) He then pitched the ball to the next batter, but he pitched it low and outside. "Outside" is used as an adverb here. You ask "pitched it where?"

(3) The pitcher caught the ball on the very outside of his mitt. "Outside" is used here as a noun. Outside is a place here.