Prepositional Phrases

What is included in a "prepositional phrase"?

• A prepositional phrase includes a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object.

• A prepositional phrase ends with a preposition and the subject of the sentence.

• A prepositional phrase begins with an object followed by a preposition.

Which one of these sentences contains two prepositional phrases?

• After the trip, we went home and ate a delicious dinner.

• Before I left the house, I put my textbooks in my backpack.

• He is very slow-moving, so he's almost never on time.

A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or a pronoun is also known as an adjective phrase.

• True

• False

An adjective phrase answers the questions, "what kind?" or "which one?" As in "I bought a car in mint condition."

• True

• False

We are visiting my favorite grandmother at her house in the Shenandoah Valley.

Which phrase(s) modifies/modify a noun or a pronoun--making it an ADJECTIVE phrase. [Remember: adjective phrases are often prepositional phrases--but not always.]

• are visiting

• my favorite

• at her house

• at her house, in the Shenandoah Valley.

A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adverb, or an adjective is called an adverb phrase.

• True

• False

Adverb phrases answer the questions when, where, why, how, or to what extent about a verb, an adverb, or an adjective.

• True

• False

Your little brother plays well for a third grader.

In this sentence "well" modifies the verb "plays" so it is an adverb. So what is the phrase that modifies the adverb "well," and answers the question "how?"

• Your little brother

• for a third grader

• plays well