Question

Which identifies a prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

I was surprised that everyone except Jacqueline and Ellen climbed up the mountain to see the spectacular cascading waterfall.
A) I was surprised
B) up the mountain
C) everyone except
D) the spectacular cascading waterfall

Answer 1

Answer: B) Up the mountain

Step-by-step explanation:

it is B) because a preposition is a word that describes expresses a relation to another word or element in the cause. For example, ‘up the mountain’ expresses the relation of where the noun is.

Answer 2

Out of all given options, “up the mountain” identifies as a prepositional phrase in the given sentence.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

A prepositional phrase builds with a group of words along with a preposition. A preposition is a word which helps in connecting a noun with a verb, sometimes a verb with an adjective too. In this sentence up the mountain is the prepositional phrase because prepositional phrase can also connect an adjective to a verb, thus making 'up the mountain' as the prepositional phrase.