Prepositional Phrases as Adverb and Adjective

Identify the adjective prepositional phrase the sentence has:

• on summer vacation

• with the lake house

• with

The statue stands next to a large oak tree.

• adjective

• adverb

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

• 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: Watch the horse run around the field.

• around

• around the field

•  watch the horse

• run around

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

• True

• False

The mermaid is swimming under the sea. 
What is the adverb phrase from above?

• swimming

• under the sea

Identify the prepositional phrase in the sentence: 'The cat slept under the warm blanket.'

• A) under the warm blanket

• B) the cat slept

• C) warm blanket

• D) slept under