Question

Read the following sentence.

The puppy ran straight across the yard and into the doghouse.
How many prepositional phrases are there in the above sentence?
A 1: into the doghouse
B. 2: across the yard, into the doghouse
3: ran straight, across the yard, into the doghouse
0: the sentence does not contain any prepositional phrases

Answer 1

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CORRECT ANSWER = B

2 prepositional phrases

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Explanation :

A prepositional phrase doesn't have a verb. It has a preposition followed by a noun or a pronoun.

The puppy ran straight across the yard and into the doghouse.

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Answer 2

B. 2: across the yard, into the doghouse

Step-by-step explanation:

There are two prepositions, across and into

Therefore there are two propositional phrases,across the yard, into the doghouse