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Vladimir79 [104]
3 years ago
5

Read the sentence. Adela's favorite story is about a young girl with big dreams. What is the function of the word about in the s

entence? conjunction adverb preposition interjection
English
1 answer:
Nesterboy [21]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Preposition

Explanation:

The word "about" functions as a preposition in the given sentence. As a preposition, the word "about" is used to indicate the subject of Adela's favorite story.

"About" as a preposition is used to actually indicate movement to a specific location. e.g. The lizard crawled about in the kitchen.

Also, it is used to indicate the subject of something that is written or spoken. e. g: The story is about gender equality.

A preposition is known to be a word or group of words that are used before a pronoun, noun, or noun phrase to indicate place, time, direction, location or to introduce an object.

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