PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
ADJECTIVE PHRASE
• Modifies a noun or pronoun in a sentence that is not in its own prepositional phrase.
ADJECTIVE PHRASE
• Answers one of the following questions:
• What kind?
• Which one?
• How many?
• How much?
ADVERB PHRASE
• Modifies a verb, adjective or adverb in a sentence that is not in its own prepositional phrase.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
• Prepositions begin prepositional phrases.
• The phrase ends with a noun called the object of the preposition.
• The phrase shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.
• Prepositional Phrases add detail to a sentence.
ADVERB PHRASE
• Answers one of the following questions:
• How?• When?• Where?• Why?• How long?• How often?
What is in a Prepositional Phrase:
• Preposition/ Compound Preposition
• Modifiers (a, an, the or adjectives)
• Object of the Preposition (noun or pronoun)
• Conjunction (usually and/or)
What is not in a Prepositional Phrase:
• Simple Subject
• Simple Predicate
• Direct Object
• Indirect Object
• Predicate Nominative
• Predicate Adjective
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