Question

identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: \despite the rain, they continued hiking through the forest.\

• despite the rain
• they continued
• continued hiking
• the forest

Explanation:

A prepositional phrase typically consists of a preposition and its object. "Despite the rain" contains the preposition "despite" and its object "the rain". "They continued" is a subject - verb phrase, "continued hiking" is a verb - gerund phrase, and "the forest" is a noun phrase. So the prepositional phrase is "Despite the rain".

Answer:

A. Despite the rain