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A small, black cat was lurking behind the tree.

What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?

A) A small, black cat
B) small, black cat
C) was lurking behind
D) behind the tree.


14)
Which of the following sentences uses a semicolon correctly?

A) While she ran to the store; I watched the kids.
B) They had strawberry short cake; pumpkin pie; and apple turnovers.
C) I wanted to eat everything; but I was afraid I would get sick!
D) It was the day of the harvest festival; everyone would be displaying their best desserts.

User Murugesh
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A prepositional phrase is a group of words that add info to a sentence by functioning as an adverb or adjective, so the answer would be D.
I believe that the second answer is D as well, but I am not entirely sure. Sorry.
Hope I was able to help a bit.
User Michael Mintz
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the first answer will be B and the second answer will be C
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