Question

Identify and use prepositional phrases:
______ of the rains, we went out.

• A. Instead
• B. In spite of
• C. On top
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Prepositional phrases are a group of words containing preposition which lacks either a verb or a subject. Such phrases always have two basic parts: object and preposition. Prepositions are mostly followed by objects.

Using option A will justify all the above rules.

'In spite of' is the preposition and 'rains' is the object. 'In spite of rains' is a prepositional phrase.

Options B and C are not creating prepositional phrases with object 'rains'.

Thus, option A is the correct answer.