Mastering Prepositional Phrases

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Adjective Phrases

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(b) Adverb Phrases

• We went running around the pink house the other day.

• The house on the block is pink.

• Today, the students were so much more rowdy in their classroom.

• Students in the class are rowdier than normal.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Adjective Questions

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(b) Adverb Questions

• how much?

• to what frequency?

• why?

• where?

• how?

• to what extent?

• which one?

• when?

• what kind?

• how many?

Adverbs describe ​ (a)   ​ (b)   and ​ (c)  

• verbs,
• adjectives,
• adverbs.
• nouns
• prepositions
• articles
• interjections

Adjective phrases describe ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• nouns
• pronouns.
• adjectives
• adverbs
• verbs
• articles
• prepositions
• clauses

Which is a prepositional phrase? (HINT: There may be more than one answer.)

• before the outlet mall

• before she ran away

• with her friend

• of the month

What is the simple subject in this sentence?

What is the simple predicate in this sentence?

What is/are the preposition(s) in this sentence?

What is/are the object(s) of the preposition(s) in this sentence?

Identify the adjective prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "The book on the shelf is mine."

• on the shelf

• is mine