Question

6. Identify the linguistic formula that accurately details the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

The girls set up a picnic near the babbling brook.


A. preposition + modifier + verb + object of the preposition

B. preposition + modifier + object of the preposition

C. preposition + modifier + adjective + object of the preposition

D. preposition + adjective + object of the preposition

Answer 1

The prepositional phrase in the sentence "The girls set up a picnic near the babbling brook" is "near the babbling brook."

The linguistic formula that accurately details the prepositional phrase is:

B. preposition + modifier + object of the preposition

In this case, the preposition is "near," the modifier is "the babbling," and the object of the preposition is "brook."