Question

How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence:
Ender toyed with the idea of taking advanced personal
defense, but with battles now possible not only every
day, but twice in the same day, Ender knew he could not
spare the time.
1
4
2

Answer 1

There is only one prepositional phrase in the given sentence. That is-

• in the same day

So the option 1 is correct.

A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object. Most of the time, a prepositional phrase modifies a verb or a noun. There are two types of prepositional phrase, they are-

• Adverbial phrases
• Adjectival phrases

In the given sentence, the prepositional phrase is- "in the same day" where the preposition is- "in" and it describes the object "day" with the adjective "same". So, it is an example of adjectival prepositional phrase.

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