Read the sentence below, and answer the question that follows. The old combine on the farm had not been operated in almost a dec
ade, but after a few hours of work, it was operating flawlessly in the field. How many prepositional phrases are in the above sentence? a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six
I believe that there are three prepositional phrases but if you would like to do it yourself instead of taking my word for it. a prepositional phrase is a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object. And a preposition is a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”<span />
