the girl returned to her island. what is the prepositional phrase?
The subject is "girl" and the verb is "returned" -- of the words that are left, what words make up the prepositional phrase?
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A prepositional phrase always has two or more words in it.
It is girl returned
To her island
To identify the prepositional phrase in the given sentence "the girl returned to her island," we need to understand what a prepositional phrase is.
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. It adds more information and detail about location, time, or other relationships in a sentence.
In this sentence, the prepositional phrase is "to her island."
- The preposition is "to," which shows the relationship between the girl and her island, indicating the direction of her return.
- The object of the preposition is "her island," which is a noun phrase that refers to the place she returned to.
Thus, the prepositional phrase in the given sentence is "to her island."