In the sentence "Hearing the key in the lock, the delighted dog dashed to the front door," the underlined prepositional phrase "in the lock" is used as an adverbial phrase. It provides additional information about the location of the key, explaining where the key is heard.
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Hearing the key in the lock, the delighted dog dashed to the front door.
How is the underlined prepositional phrase used in the sentence?
as an adjectival phrase
as an adverbial phrase
as a noun phrase
as a verb phrase
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