We met a lot of interesting people <u>during</u> our winter holidays.
Directions : Each of the following sentences has an underlined word. Read each sentence carefully, and determine which <strong>WORD CLASS</strong> the underlined word belongs to. Mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
- A. Conjunction
- B. Preposition ✓
- C. Article
- D. Participle
Correct Answer: B. Preposition
Explanation
'During' establishes a temporal relationship between the action 'met' and the noun phrase 'our winter holidays', making it a preposition.
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