Question

Identify the underlined words as adverbs or prepositions.
1. The cow jumped over the moon.
2. The scared dog ran away from the children.
3. The rich man looked down upon the beggar.
4. He is not around.
5. Look up! There is a rainbow in the sky.
6. Vilas has not come to school since last Friday,
7. Move aside. Don't block the road.
8. Please keep books on the shelves.
9. I have seen this film before.
10. You can wait outside.​

Answer 1

Answer:1.jumped is adverb

Over is preposition

2.ran is adverb

From is prepostion

Explanation:

Answer 2

Find Adverbs or Preposition

Explanation:-

Adverb : Adverbs add or tell something about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Example : Bina walks slowly. Here 'slowly' is talking something about verb.

Preposition : Preposition is always used before noun and pronouns and established a relation with other words in the sentence. Example : The ball is on the table. 'On' is making a connection between ball and the table.

Identified underlined adverbs and prepositions are written below:-

1. The cow jumped over the moon.

'Over' is a preposition.

Grammatically this sentence is correct but logically a cow can't jump over the moon so it is not a sentence according to its meaning.

2. The scared dog ran away from the children.

'Away' is an adverb.

Away' is an adverb.'From' is a preposition.

3. The rich man looked down upon the beggar.

'Down' is an adverb.

'Down' is an adverb.And 'upon' is a preposition.

4. He is not around.

'Around' plays the role of both preposition and adverb.

Around' plays the role of both preposition and adverb.Here it is used as an adverb.

5. Look up! There is a rainbow in the sky.

'Up' is used here as a preposition but it is also used for adverb

'In' is a preposition here.

6. Vilas has not come to school since last Friday.

To = Preposition

To = PrepositionSince = Preposition and adverb.

7. Move aside. Don't block the road.

'Aside' is an adverb.

8. Please keep books on the shelves.

'On' is a preposition.

Here it is making an relation between books and shelves.

9. I have seen this film before.

'Before' is both a preposition and an adverb.

10. You can wait outside.

'Outside' is also used for both adverb and preposition.