Question

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: Honeybees have tiny hairs on their eyes to help them collect pollen.

a) On their eyes
b) Have tiny hairs
c) To help them
d) Collect pollen

Answer 1

The prepositional phrase in the given sentence is 'on their eyes', which describes where the honeybees have tiny hairs.

Step-by-step explanation:

The prepositional phrase in the sentence 'Honeybees have tiny hairs on their eyes to help them collect pollen' is 'on their eyes'. A prepositional phrase includes a preposition and its object, which is 'eyes' in this case, and all the words that modify the object. The phrase 'on their eyes' starts with the preposition 'on' and 'their eyes' acts as the object of the preposition which indicates where the tiny hairs are located.