Question

Which part of speech is the underlined word in the sentence?

The explorers' long journey would take them beyond the mountains.
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A.
conjunction

B.
interjection

C.
adverb

D.
preposition


if it does not show the underline, the word is beyond

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. Preposition. You can observe the sentence as if it said "over the mountain" instead of beyond. The meaning would not change. It isn't a conjunction, nor is it an interjection. Many would confuse it for an adverb but it is not because it does not describe the activity more precisely.