Prepositional and Participial Phrases

Sentences - Prepositional Phrases

Adverbial Phrases + Adjectival Phrases​

By Andres Trevino

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• A word that describes a noun

• A part of speech that expresses an action or condition of something

• A person, place, thing, or idea

Multiple Choice

Select the LINKING VERB of the following sentence:

The crowd became restless.

• crowd

• became

• the

• restless

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READ the following sentence. Write the action verb.

The bus turned left into the service area.

​Phrases​

A phrase is a group of words that does not include a subject and verb and cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

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There are several kinds of phrases:

Prepositional Phrases, Appositive Phrases, Participial Phrases, Gerund Phrases, and Infinitive Phrases​

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Multiple Select

What type of relationships do prepositions illustrate?

Select ALL that apply.

• Location/Direction

• Cause

• Time

• Possession

• To what extent

Prepositional Phrases

Prepositional Phrase: a group of words consisting of a preposition and a noun or pronoun (the object of the preposition). Prepositional phrases modify other words by functioning as adjectives or adverbs. ​

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Label the underlined word as an ADVERB or PREPOSITION:

I like to work outside.

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Label the underlined word as an ADVERB or PREPOSITION:

Palm trees swayed outside the hotel.

Adjectival Phrase​

A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE that acts as an adjective is called an adjectival phrase.

​An Adjectival Phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one.

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of INDEFINITE ARTICLES?

• An

• This

• A

• The

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence and select the answer choice that shows an adjective.

No one knew the answer to the last question.

• last

• knew

• answer

• question

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence. Then, select the noun that is used as an adjective.

We put the breakfast dishes away.

• We

• put

• the

• dishes

• breakfast

Adverbial Phrases

An adverbial phrase is a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb by pointing out where, why, when, in what way, or to what extent.

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Adverbial phrases modify verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. ​

​Adverbial Phrases

An adverbial phrase may either follow the word it modifies or be located elsewhere in the sentence. Often two adverbs in different parts of a sentence can modify the same word. ​

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Write the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

Only one of us can play the guitar.

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Write the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

Several houses on our street have pools.

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Write the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

Each student will write a story about a different city.

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Write the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

My mother collects teapots from different places.

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Write the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.

The dress in the shop window is very pretty.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

You can put that box of magazines down here.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

You can put that box of magazines down here.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

The house on the corner is haunted.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

The shapes of the objects are very different.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

Did you close the window in the bedroom?

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

You deserve a vacation for all the hours that you've worked.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

We arrived at the theater late.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

I enjoyed your story about your vacation.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

Something moved down the hall.

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Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is ADJECTIVAL or ADVERBIAL.

We sometimes drive beyond the city limits.