Identify the prepositional phrases in the following sentences.
5. Seven very bright stars surrounded by dust form the Seven Sisters.
PP=By dust
Is this right?!?!?!
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Almost! The prepositional phrase in the sentence is "surrounded by dust." It provides additional information about how the stars are arranged. So the correct answer is "surrounded by dust," not just "by dust."
No, that is not correct. The prepositional phrase in the sentence "Seven very bright stars surrounded by dust form the Seven Sisters" is "surrounded by dust."
To identify prepositional phrases in a sentence, you need to look for a preposition followed by a noun or pronoun. In this case, the preposition is "by" and it is followed by the noun "dust." Therefore, "by dust" is the prepositional phrase in this sentence.