Question

Read the sentence and answer the question that follows. The squirrel reached for the birdfeeder; for he saw it was filled with an abundance of sunflower seeds. The word FOR in the sentence is used as both _______. A. a gerund and an adverb B. a noun and an adjective C. a preposition and a conjunction D a verb and a demonstrative article

Answer 1

I think the answer is D.

Answer 2

The word FOR in the sentence is used as both C. a preposition and a conjunction.
A is incorrect because a gerund ends in -ing. The word for is neither a noun or adjective or an article (there are only three articles: a, an, the) or a verb, so only C is correct.