identify the prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence: In the night, the robber stole tools from the shed.

There are two prepositional phrases in the sentence:

1. in the night;

2. from the shed.

Explanation:

A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition. It consists of that preposition and an object, as well as any modifiers to that object. Examples of prepositions are: at, from, in, with, on, of, for, to, etc.

In the sentence we are analyzing here, there are two prepositions: in and from. The words that complete the meaning expressed by those prepositions form the prepositional phrases. Therefore, we have two prepositional phrases:

1. in the night;

2. from the shed.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".