Past
The car zoomed away. OR... The car zoomed by all of the other racers to win the race.
It can be either. As an adverb - The car drove past. As a preposition - The car drove past the house. It can also be an adjective. e.g. He has left the house only once in the past month. It can also be a noun. e.g. The town had much racial turmoil in the past.
You don't need the word "at" because asking "Where is the car?" is a sufficient question. Also, in English, the sentence should not end with a preposition, and "at" is a preposition.
"Past" can be used as a preposition to indicate movement or location beyond a certain point in time or space. For example, "He walked past the store" or "The car sped past the intersection."
The preposition is fine. However, the question technically should read: Does this sentence use a preposition properly? Connor waited in line while Ava parked the car.
The object of the preposition is the noun that follows the preposition, the word that the preposition relates to another word in the sentence. It can also be a pronoun, gerund, infinitive, or noun phrase. Examples: The car is in the garage. (in is the preposition, and garage is the object of the preposition.) We went to the grocery store for milk. (the grocery store is the first object of a preposition; milk is the second object of a preposition.)
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"Car" is a noun because "car" is a thing. Examples: A car is used to travel - in that sentence, car is the subject and a noun. I will go by car - in that sentence, car is the object of the preposition and also noun.
Yes.The preposition (in) is used correctly.
"They drove the car slowly" is past tense.
No, there is no standard place in a sentence for a preposition.Examples:A man in a raincoat got on the bus.the preposition 'in' follows the subject noun.Some of the students were eating lunch.the preposition 'of' follows the indefinite pronoun'some'.The water is too cold in the morning.the preposition 'in' follows the adjective 'cold'.There will be no running with scissors.the preposition 'with' follows the verb 'running'.For a moment I thought I heard a car in the drive.the preposition 'for' begins the sentence.
The object of the preposition is the noun that follows the preposition, the word that the preposition relates to another word in the sentence. It can also be a pronoun, gerund, infinitive, or noun phrase. Examples: The car is in the garage. (in is the preposition, and garage is the object of the preposition.) We went to the grocery store for milk. (the grocery store is the first object of a preposition; milk is the second object of a preposition.)