Question

Read the excerpt from "Through the Tunnel" and answer the question.

Answer 1

Which sentences below include only prepositional phrases (no participial or absolute phrases and no dependent clauses)?

Answer:

B, C

Explanation:

A is wrong because it contains a dependent clause (that they had swum through some gap or hole in it.)

D is wrong because it contains a dependent clause (When he came up) and  a participial phrase (preparing to attempt the feat again)

Answer 2

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The sentences below include only prepositional phrases (no participial or absolute phrases and no dependent clauses) are the below:

A.)Then one, and then another of the boys carne up on the far side of the barrier of rock, and he understood that they had swum through some gap or hole in it.

B.)There was no one visible; under him, in the water, the dim shapes of the swimmers had disappeared.