Question

What word or phrase is modified by the prepositional phrase in the sentence below?

Vinny's parents gave him and his brothers a puppy from the local shelter.

parents
brothers
gave
puppy

Answer 1

I have no idea; except i would love to be marked as best answer^^

Answer 2

or wait, maybe i could put at least an effort into answering the question...give me a sec

Answer 3

i can't put you as best answer if you can't answer my question

Answer 4

...A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.

Answer 5

so the answer would be "gave"

Answer 6

it was puppy

Answer 7

here are my reason for picking the answer....The book is on the table.
The book is beneath the table.
The book is leaning against the table.
The book is beside the table.
She held the book over the table.
She read the book during class.

Answer 8

On, beneath, against, beside, over and during are all prepositionals

Answer 9

on that note, how would the answer be puppy?

Answer 10

it said the answer was puppy

Answer 11

by looking at the example, i don't figure why the answer would be "puppy"...but anyways; okay then

Answer 12

the answer is puppy