Question

Identify the word or words that the underlined phrase modifies. Not surprisingly, the pool in their backyard draws all the neighborhood kids (Underline "in their backyard")

Answer 1

The answer is "the pool."

The expression "in their backyard" is a prepositional phrase, which modifies the noun before it.

Prepositional phrases are words arranged without a subject or verb. They are usually made up of either a preposition and a noun, a preposition and a gerund, or a preposition and a clause.

If prepositional phrases modify a noun, as in this case, they are called "adjectival phrases."