Understanding Prepositional Phrases

The video tutorial explains the concept of phrases, focusing on prepositional phrases. It distinguishes between adjectival and adverbial prepositional phrases, providing examples of how they modify nouns and verbs, respectively. The tutorial concludes with a prompt for students to demonstrate their understanding through a Google form activity.

What is a prepositional phrase composed of?

• A verb and a noun

• A preposition and a noun or pronoun

• A subject and a predicate

• An adjective and a verb

Which of the following is a prepositional phrase?

• Bright and early

• Running fast

• Under the table

• She sings

What role does a prepositional phrase play when it modifies a noun?

• It acts as an adjective

• It acts as an adverb

• It acts as a conjunction

• It acts as a verb

In the sentence 'The cat on the mat is sleeping', what does the phrase 'on the mat' modify?

• The noun 'mat'

• The verb 'is sleeping'

• The adjective 'sleeping'

• The noun 'cat'

Which sentence contains an adjectival prepositional phrase?

• The dog barked loudly

• She ran quickly

• The book on the shelf is mine

• He is very tall

In the sentence 'The girl in the red dress is my sister', what does 'in the red dress' tell us?

• Where the girl is

• How the girl feels

• What the girl is doing

• Which girl

What role does a prepositional phrase play when it modifies a verb?

• It acts as an adverb

• It acts as a noun

• It acts as a conjunction

• It acts as an adjective

In the sentence 'She danced under the stars', what does the phrase 'under the stars' modify?

• The adjective 'under'

• The noun 'she'

• The verb 'danced'

• The noun 'stars'

Which sentence contains an adverbial prepositional phrase?

• The book on the table is open

• The cat is fluffy

• The car in the garage is red

• He arrived after the meeting

In the sentence 'Before the storm, we secured the windows', what does 'Before the storm' tell us?

• Where we secured the windows

• Why we secured the windows

• How we secured the windows

• When we secured the windows