A fog blew in as the crickets chirped. Which of the following options adds a prepositional phrase to the sentence?

Question

A fog silently blew in as the crickets chirped.

A chilly, wet fog blew in as the crickets chirped.

A fog blew in as the crickets gently chirped.

A fog blew in around the trees as the crickets chirped.

Answer 1

I always taught my student to remember what a preposition was that a preposition goes anywhere a cat can go—Ex: up, down, below, behind, over, under, etc.

Answer 2

Hello Brian

If you knew what a "preposition" is and if you had a definition of "prepositional phrase" you'd be able to find the answer for yourself. And that in less time than it takes to post your question on a forum. Even if you had only a vague idea of those two things but perhaps a few examples of prepositional phrases, you could still get this done in less than a minute.

You'd simply mark in each column all the words/phrases that were added to "a fog blew in as the cricket chirped", then check: do you find any prepositions? If yes, is that preposition part of a "prepositional phrase" ? Done! It's easier than you think. A lot easier!

Okay, we can't furnish the answer, and there is not enough time here to go over the definitions, but you can still do it by checking out these examples:

Some prepositions:

above, below, after, behind, at, in, over, under

Some prepositional phrases:

above the house. below the table, after the holidays, behind the curtain, at the dinner table, in the drawer

(Hint: I listed mainly spatial prepositions here since that it is what you're looking for ...)

You get the idea - I worry that perhaps you don't know the parts of speech (i.e. recognize a preposition) and somehow missed when your class discussed the definition of "prepositional phrase". It's worth refreshing this stuff.

Post the answer here if you aren't sure you got it right, OK?

Answer 3

Prepositional phrases indicate a relationship between one object and another. The following words are examples of prepositions: under, over, around, through, beneath, and below. Here are some examples of prepositional phrases: under the bed, over the door, around the yard, through the window, beneath the rug, and below the sky. The first word in the phrase is a preposition and the last word in the phrase is a noun or the object of the preposition. This is a great way to identify a prepositional phrase.

In the case of your sentence, silently and gently are adverbs describing the verb or telling how the fog blew in, and chilly and wet are adjectives describing the noun fog. We are, therefore, left with the prepositional phrase around the trees which shows the relationship of the fog to the trees, that relationship being around the trees. Around is the preposition and the word trees is the noun or object of the preposition. Remember that the first word in the prepositional phrase is always the preposition and the last word in the prepositional phrase is always a noun (object of the preposition). I hope this explanation helps.