Adjective and Adverb Prepositional Phrases

Identify whether the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or as an adverb.

Love of country must live IN EVERYONE.

• adjective

• adverb

The girl in that picture is one of my best friends.

• adjective

• adverb

Identify the Prepositional Phrase as an Adjective or Adverb phrase:

Give your ticket to the man at the gate.

• adjective

• adverb

The shelf in the kitchen is too high to reach.

• adjective

• adverb

Identify the Prepositional Phrase as an Adjective or Adverb phrase: The statue stands next to a large oak tree.

• adjective

• adverb

The travelers set out early to reach their destination by dawn.

• adjective

• adverb

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

• True

• False

How is an adjective phrase different from an adverb phrase?

• An adjective phrase describes an action; an adverb phrase describes a person, place or thing

• An adjective phrase modifies an adjective; an adverb phrase modifies an adverb

• An adjective phrase modifies a noun; an adverb phrase modifies a verb

• An adjective phrase contains a pronoun; an adverb phrase does not

In the next sentence, select the prepositional phrases that act as adjectives and the noun or pronoun that it modifies.

The girl in the white hat asked a question..

• asked a question

• The girl

• in the white hat

• hat

Identify whether the prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or as an adverb: The cat under the table is sleeping.

• A) adjective

• B) adverb

• C) neither

• D) both