You are right, the prepositional phrase in the sentence <em>Late last night there was a loud knock at the door </em>is D) at the door.
The only preposition in the sentence is <em>at, </em>therefore this has to be correct.
Answer:
A. Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported themselves by cultivating a small plot of land. (Yei Theodora Ozaki, “The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower”)
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E. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. (Frank R. Stockton, “The Lady, or the Tiger”)
Explanation:
Answer:
The supply ship
Explanation:
Because the supply ship was carrying all their food water and resources to start a new colony and whenever they lost their supply ship to the Spanish they lost most of their materials in most of their food and water.
