Identify the underlined phrase in each sentence. the coach made the players pick up all the tennis balls on and _outside the fields. _

The correct answer is: prepositional phrase. The underlined phrase "outside the fields" begins with the proposition "outside" followed by the noun phrase "the fields", which is the object of the preposition. Since these two components modify a noun (tennis balls), "outside the fields" is an adjectival prepositional phrase that describes the location of the tennis balls.

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

b. brooks wrote about the same type of neighborhood in which she grew up.