Question

In which two sentences do the underlined words represent prepositional phrases?

(The man in the house) seemed to be asleep.
The soldiers crept cautiously (through the tunnel.)
(Having been washed), Jim's dog seemed a little smaller than before.
(Their faces brightening), they thanked us for our offer.
I was informed that the bus would arrive (in 45 minutes.)

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Answer 1

The sentences that contain prepositional phrases in brackets are: 
1) (The man in the house) seemed to be asleep. 
2) The soldiers crept cautiously (through the tunnel.)

A prepositional phrase is defined as a set of words that lack a verb or a subject. If you see that some part of a sentence lacks either verb or subject and contains a preposition - it is a prepositional phrase. The first sentence lacks a verb, but there is a subject and preposition 'in'. The second sentence contains  preposition 'through' and object which is also a characteristics of prepositional phrase.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answers are

- The soldiers crept cautiously through the tunnel.

and

- I was informed that the bus would arrive in 45 minutes.

Explanation:

The reason why the first one is not a correct option is because it include more than just the prepositional phrase... The man is not part of the prepositional phrase, so since it is underlined in the option it's incorrect. Had it just ben In the house we would be having a different story right now XD

( Plato proofed, I got a 100 )