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Which identifies a prepositional phrase in the following sentence?

I was surprised that everyone except Jacqueline and Ellen climbed up the mountain to see the spectacular cascading waterfall.
A) I was surprised
B) up the mountain
C) everyone except
D) the spectacular cascading waterfall

Respuesta :

Answer: B)  Up the mountain

Explanation:

it is B) because a preposition is a word that describes expresses a relation to another word or element in the cause. For example, ‘up the mountain’ expresses the relation of where the noun is.

Out of all given options, “up the mountain” identifies as a prepositional phrase in the given sentence.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

A prepositional phrase builds with a group of words along with a preposition. A preposition is a word which helps in connecting a noun with a verb, sometimes a verb with an adjective too. In this sentence up the mountain is the prepositional phrase because prepositional phrase can also connect an adjective to a verb, thus making 'up the mountain' as the prepositional phrase.