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QuizMultiple Choice

Parts of Speech: Words and Basic Phrases — Unit test

Question 13 • VT-SAT-Reading and Writing

Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase as an adverbial phrase?

Answer
A
The paintings of dragons were reproduced using new techniques.
B
The old, creepy house with the broken windows is haunted.
C
The questionnaire from the college took three days to complete.
D
The bumpy road jangled the carriage that we drove around the lake.

Explanation

In D, “around the lake” is a prepositional phrase that tells where the carriage was driven, so it modifies the verb “drove” and functions adverbially. In A, “of dragons” describes the paintings, and “with the broken windows” in B describes the house; those phrases function adjectivally.

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