Question

Identify the underlined portion of the sentence: Behind the trailers, the kids played softball in the rain.

A. absolute phrase
B. prepositional phrase example
C. appositive phrase example
D. verb phrase

Answer 1

B. prepositional phrase

Step-by-step explanation:

The underlined portion of the sentence is "behind the trailers" and it is a prepositional phrase.

A prepositional phrase is a collection of words that has a preposition, an object and the word it modifies.

"Behind" is the preposition, "trailers" is the object it modifies.