my car "broke down" on the way in office."the underlined word is: a)proverb b)prasal verb c)metaphor d)preposition
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My car broke down on the way to the office. (the underlined word is)?
Answer:
The underlined word ''broke down'' is the phrasal verb.
Break Down is the phrasal verb that contains two words, verb+adverb.
- My car broke down on the way to the office. In this given example, ''Broke down'' means the vehicle stopped working
- A phrasal verb is a combination of two words. generally, verb+adverb or verb+preposition.
More examples of Phrasal verbs:
Look after = to take care
Break down = to fail, to stop functioning
Hit on = to have an idea
Aim at = to target
Hold on = to wait
give up = to stop
bring in = introduce
Explanation:
Among the various options given in question statement the correct option is the second one i.e phrasal verb
The phrasal verb used here is broke down which means to to come at halt due to any reason . So in given sentence it means that there has come some fault in car due to which it cannot move.
A phrasal verb is an idiomatic verb that contains a verb as well as some element describing the clause. In our case, the verb is broke and the situation it is linked to is stop operation.