A verb phrase that acts as a noun is called a?
participial.
adverbial.
infinitive.
gerund.
Which of the following is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below?
Applause came from the bleachers.
A) Applause came
B) came from
C) from
D) from the bleachers
My answers:
D. gerund
D. from the bleachers
That is right
D
D
A verb phrase that acts as a noun is called a gerund.
The prepositional phrase in the sentence "Applause came from the bleachers" is D) from the bleachers.
Actually, your first answer is incorrect. A verb phrase that acts as a noun is called a gerund, not a participle. So the correct answer to the first question is gerund.
For the second question, you correctly identified the prepositional phrase as "from the bleachers," but you missed one option. The correct answer is:
D) from the bleachers
In this case, the prepositional phrase is acting as an adverbial phrase because it is modifying the verb "came."