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erica [24]
2 years ago
15

Which underlined phrase is a prepositional phrase?

English
2 answers:
Naddika [18.5K]2 years ago
6 0
Before passing out the test, the teacher asked students to close their books
umka21 [38]2 years ago
3 0

Option 2: A Before passing out the test, the teacher asked students to close their books.

<u>Before passing out the test</u> is the prepositional phrase.

A prepositional phrase has the following basic characteristics: usually begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun or gerund, functions as a unified part of speech, doesn't have a verb nor a subject.

Before is a preposition

Passing out the test is a gerund, which means that it acts as a noun in the sentence, and at the same time is the "object" of the proposition.

The whole phrase is a unified part of speech and doesn't have any verb nor subject.

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