Questions 1–9: Find the prepositional phrases in the following sentences. Indicate the preposition and its object. We were traveling to Chicago. 2. Although it is a distance, we went by car. 3. By afternoon, it became very warm. 4. We stopped for lunch. 5. We chose a cool spot near a river. 6. The sun sparkled on the water. 7. Our lunch stop refreshed us for the long trip. 8. Finally we saw the skyline of Chicago. 9. We were happy at the first motel. Questions 10–14: In each sentence, locate the prepositional phrase. Indicate the word that the prepositional phrase modifies and the part of speech that the word is. Then, state whether the phrase acts in the sentence as an adjective or as an adverb. 10. The classes were all held in the morning. 11. Work began promptly at nine o’clock. 12. The students found the illustrations of the problem interesting and helpful. 13. Teachers located materials on different topics. 14. Classes like these kept the students busy

Find the prepositional phrases in the following sentences. Indicate the preposition and its object.

1. We were traveling to Chicago.

2. Although it is a distance, we went by car.

3. By afternoon, it became very warm.

4. We stopped for lunch.

5. We chose a cool spot near a river.

6. The sun sparkled on the water.

7. Our lunch stop refreshed us for the long trip.

8. Finally we saw the skyline of Chicago.

9. We were happy at the first motel.

Questions 10–14: In each sentence, locate the prepositional phrase. Indicate the word that the prepositional phrase modifies and the part of speech that the word is. Then, state whether the phrase acts in the sentence as an adjective or as an adverb.

10. The classes were all held in the morning. --- held --- verb --- adverb

11. Work began promptly at nine o’clock. --- began --- verb --- adverb

12. The students found the illustrations of the problem interesting and helpful. --- illustrations --- noun --- adjective

13. Teachers located materials on different topics. --- materials -- noun --- adjective

14. Classes like these kept the students busy. --- classes -- noun --- adjective

Explanation:

henry david thoreau and ralph warren emerson earned the name transcendentalists.you could assume that transcendentalists come from a well educated background from people that were alive before the american civil war.these people, mostly new englanders, mostly around boston, were attempting to create a uniquely american body of literature. it was already decades since the americans had won independence from england. and so they deliberately went about creating literature, essays, novels, philosophy, poetry, and other writing that were clearly different from anything from england, france, germany, or any other european nation.another way to look at the transcendentalists is to see them as a generation of people struggling to define spirituality and religion in a way that took into account the new understandings their age made available.