Question

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

Alan dropped the paper under the desk.

Alan dropped

under the desk

the paper below

dropped the paper

Answer 1

"Alan dropped the paper under the desk". The preposition is "under" and the propositional phrase is "under the desk". One way to tell is we can break the sentence down into a little conversation and get the same information through a series of questions.

Answer 2

The prepositional phrase is under the desk