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Select the four prepositional phrases.

"You are getting ahead of yourself," Dad responded when I asked him to buy some

cucumber seedlings at the garden store. "First you should read about their preferred

environment, and then identify an ideal spot in the garden."

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Answer 1

The four prepositional phrases in the provided sentence are 'ahead of yourself,' 'at the garden store,' 'about their preferred environment,' and 'in the garden.'

Step-by-step explanation:

Identifying Prepositional Phrases

To identify the four prepositional phrases in the given sentence, we must look for groups of words beginning with a preposition. A prepositional phrase usually consists of a preposition plus a noun or pronoun that is the object of the preposition. In the sentence provided, the following prepositional phrases can be identified:

1. 'ahead of yourself'
2. 'at the garden store'
3. 'about their preferred environment'
4. 'in the garden'

Each of these phrases begins with a preposition ('ahead of', 'at', 'about', 'in') and includes a noun or pronoun which serves as the object of the preposition ('yourself', 'store', 'environment', 'garden').

Answer 2

of yourself

at the garden store

about their preferred environment

in the garden

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