Question

"How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?
"Put the pen near the front of the desk under the pad just behind the box."

A: one
B: two
C: three
D: four

Answer 1

Prepositions are words that precede a noun to express some type of relationship with it. There are over 150 prepositions that are used in the English language, some of the more common ones such as of or with are commonly used. In this case, the prepositions are near, of, under and behind, meaning that there are four prepositions. So D. four

Answer 2

In my opinion these are the prepositional phrases
1)near the front of the desk
2) under the pad
3)behind the box
So, the correct answer is C :three