Question

1. I saw a woman walking (along) the road.
(A) Adverb
(B) Adjective
(C) Preposition
(D) Conjunction​

Answer 1

The word 'along' is a preposition in the sentence.

What are prepositions?

• In English Grammar, we can describe prepositions as a part of speech that are placed after a noun or pronoun in a sentence and relate all the words in a sentence.
• A preposition might not have a proper meaning of itself but it imparts meaning to a sentence.

• In English Grammar, the preposition 'along' refers to something which is next in line or moves in line. For example, along the road, along the narrow path. Hence, the correct option is c) preposition.
• Other options such as option a) adverb is not correct because an adverb describes a verb and the word 'along' is not playing that function.