Question

With the kitten safely under the deck, the mother cat sauntered over to the dumpster.

The underlined phrase is which of the following? Underlined: under the deck.

Prepositional
Gerundial
Infinitive
Participal

Answer 1

The phrase under the deck is a prepositional phrase, because it begins with the preposition under.
Gerund and participle look the same - they are verbal forms that end in -ing.
Infinitive is to + verb (to be, to see...)