Name the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence: The cat jumped off the chair.
Noun
Adjective
Preposition
Verb
A
Verb
B
Preposition
C
Adjective
D
Noun
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A prepositon is a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause. In the given sentence 'off' expresses the relation between the verb 'jumped' and the noun 'chair'. Hence option D is the correct answer.
Options A, B and C are incorrect because an 'adjective' is a word that names the attribute of a noun, a 'noun' is simply a naming word and a 'verb' is an action word. 'Off' does not fit into the definitions of these parts of speech.
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