Question

Several cars had to stop to allow a mother duck and her babies to walk across the road. Select the word from the drop down-menu that correctly completes the sentence. The word across functions as a(n)

Answer 1

Read the sentence.

Several cars had to stop to allow a mother duck and her babies to walk across the road.

Select the word from the drop-down-menu that correctly completes the sentence.

The word "across" functions as a(n)

A. adjective

B conjunction

C interjection

D preposition

Answer:

A. adjective

Explanation:

An adjective is a part of speech that is used to describe a noun, noun phrase and other words in a sentence.

From the given sentence, the word "allow" is used to show how the mother duck and her babies were allowed to cross the road.

It functions as an adjective in that sentence.