Question

Tears poured ______ her cheeks. fill in the blank with an appropriate word

Answer 1

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Tears poured down her cheeks.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is:

• Tears poured down her cheeks.

Explanation:

What is a preposition?

• It is a word that states the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in a sentence.

• Examples: She walked down the street.

• She was talking about her experience.

• "Down” can be used in three ways:

    1. As an adverb:

• Example: She sat down to watch the television.

    2. As an adjective:

• Example: I have been feeling down for a week.

    3. As a preposition:

• Example: He ran down the stairs to catch the bus.

• Thus, in the above sentence,"Tears poured down her cheeks", "down" is used as the preposition.