Question

Which sentences below include only prepositional phrases (no participial or absolute phrases and no dependent clauses)?
Select all that apply.
Then one, and then another of the boys carne up on the far side of the barrier of rock, and he understood that they had swum through some gap or hole in it.
There was no one visible; under him, in the water, the dim shapes of the swimmers had disappeared.
He could see nothing through the stinging salt water but the blank rock.
When he carne up, the boys were all on the diving rock, preparing to attempt the feat again.

Answer 1

Answer: The sentences that include only prepositional phrases are "There was no one visible; under him, in the water, the dim shapes of the swimmers had disappeared" and "He could see nothing through the stinging salt water but the blank rock".

Explanation: A prepositional phrase is a group of words introduced by a preposition. Generally, a prepositional phrase also includes a noun or a pronoun. The sentence "There was no one visible; under him, in the water, the dim shapes of the swimmers had disappeared" contains two prepositional phrases: "under him" and "in the water", which have been introduced by "under" and "in" respectively. Furthermore, in the sentence "He could see nothing through the stinging salt water but the blank rock", "through the stinging salt" is a prepositional phrase since it begins with the preposition "through".