Question

Underline the prepositional phrases in these sentences. A. We rowed the boat across the lake. B. Come into my parlour. C. Aleena stood bravely at her post. D. He came running into the barnyard. E. He led the horse away to the stable.

Answer 1

The underlined prepositional phrases are 'across the lake', 'into my parlour', 'at her post', 'into the barnyard', and 'away to the stable'. These phrases help express the relationship between an action and a place/person/thing.

The prepositional phrases in these sentences are 'across the lake' in sentence A, 'into my parlour' in sentence B, 'at her post' in sentence C, 'into the barnyard' in sentence D, and 'away to the stable' in sentence E. Prepositional phrases start with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, or a noun phrase. They represent a relation between that noun/pronoun (object of the preposition) and the rest of the sentence.

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