Identify the sentence opener in the sentence below.

Around the corner lives the most eccentric old man.

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Around

Around the

Around the corner

Around the corner lives

The correct answer is C. Around the corner.

Explanation

Sentences Openers are a way to start writing a sentence and capture the attention of the reader or the receiver, in this way the sender of the message creates a direct connection with the receiver, causing it to be transported to an instantaneous mental image. In general, the Sentences Openers are prepositions, plural or collective nouns and verbs. In the case of prepositions, must be followed by a pronoun. According to the above, the phrase begins with "Around", a word that can be classified as a preposition of place, because it refers to a specific place where a fact occurs. So the correct answer is C. Around the corner, because "Around" is a preposition and "corner" is a noun.