Prepositional Phrase Identified as an Adjective or an Adverb

Identify the adjective prepositional phrase the sentence has:

• on

• on the basketball team.

• from my English class

The statue stands next to a large oak tree.

• adjective

• adverb

Identify the Prepositional Phrase as an Adjective or Adverb phrase:

Give your ticket to the man at the gate.

• 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: The shelf in the kitchen is too high to reach.

• adjective

• adverb

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

• True

• False

Identify the prepositional phrase: Watch the horse run around the field.

• around

• around the field

•  watch the horse

• run around

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 the prepositional phrase in the sentence and determine if it acts as an adjective or adverb: The book on the table is mine.

• A) on the table - adjective

• B) on the table - adverb

• C) is mine - adjective

• D) is mine - adverb