need help finding the adverb and preposition in sentence

One summer day in Frog Creek,Pennsylvania a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods.

I think the prepositions are in the woods, in frog creek
The adverb i cant find but i think it is _mysterious_.

Adverbs modify verbs, not nouns.

The prepositions are "in". You have mentioned prepositional phrases. There are no adverbs in the sentence, but there are adverbial phrases. Can you find phrases that answer the question "when" or the question "where".

So like when: one day
whereennysylvania?

Check this one please , The tree house was filled with books and it was magic.


Adverb: with books. Answers the question how was it filled

par408 said:

So like when: one day
whereennysylvania?

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I don't know what that means, but I do know that trees don't simply appear in the woods. (Although, if it did happen how would you know?)

Help me on the second one?

We are not supposed to do your homework.

:-|

"With books" is not an adverb; it is an adverbial prepositional phrase. Normally, an adverb is a single word.

This isn't hw lol its me studying for 1a finals

par408 said:

This isn't homework. [STRIKE]lol[/STRIKE] I'm studying for 1a finals.

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Please use standard English – not chatspeak.

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Hello, Par:

Since this is not homework, I believe that we members are allowed to comment.

1. When you get time, you may wish to check your books and the Web for the difference between an ADVERB and an ADVERBIAL. I know that it can be very confusing.

2. Sometimes it is easier to parse (analyze) a sentence if you put it into its regular (usual) order:

"A mysterious tree had appeared in the woods one summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania.

In my opinion, I think that your sentence should be parsed like this:

a = adjective (determiner).
mysterious = adjective that modifies (describes) "tree."
tree = noun,
had appeared = verb.
in the woods = prepositional phrase. As you said, it tells where it appeared. And as a teacher in this thread told you, the prepositional phrase is counted as an adverbial, not an "adverb."
one summer day = a noun phrase that is also adverbial. It modifies the verb. It tells when. Sometimes nouns are said to modify verbs. For example: It happened Monday.
in Frog Creek, Pennysylvania. = same explanation as for "in the woods."


3. "The tree house was filled with books, and it was magic."

the = adjective (determiner).
tree = noun that is being used as an adjective to describe the house.
house = noun.
was filled = (passive) verb. "Someone filled the tree house."
with books = prepositional phrase. Not an "adverb" but an adverbial.

I do not understand what you wish to express when you add "and it was magic."

Is it possible that this time you are looking for a genuine adverb? Do you mean something like this:

"The tree house was magically filled with books."

TheParser said:

Since this is not homework, I believe that we members are allowed to comment.

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Of course you are.

TheParser said:

"A mysterious tree appeared in the woods one summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania."

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1. Assuming for the moment that that really happened, how would anybody know?
2. Simple past is fine. (You don't need the "had" there.)

I got this sentence from a kid's book,and it was from magic tree house.

We read those books when my kids were little. They are fun books.