
Prepositional Phrases
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Prepositional phRases
Saipan Southern High School, CNMI
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WHat is a phrase?
a phrase is a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and that does not contain both a verb and a subject.
Examples:
verb phrase - have been waiting (no subject)
prepositional phrase - during the storm (no subject or verb)
infinitive phrase - to watch closely (no subject)
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Prepostional phrase
A prepositional phrase includes a preposition, the object of a preposition and any modifiers of that object.
Examples:
Melissa Umbridge of the Blue Knights is a hero to all.
According to the experts, the building is not safe to enter.
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PREpositional Phrase: the adjective phrase
A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or a pronoun is called an adjective phrase.
It tells what kind or which one.
Examples:
Two of my friends are making a video about school life.
The video won't include all of the students in our class.
It will relate the activities of five students at school and in their neighborhood.
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Open Ended
Identify the adjective phrase in the following sentence and the word it modifies.
Cell phones like this one are popular devices for the younger generation.
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Open Ended
Identify the adjective phrase in the following sentence and the word it modifies.
Beautiful tropical forests along the way blanket the mountain above the river.
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Open Ended
Identify the adjective phrase in the following sentence and the word it modifies.
Do you enjoy moments of happiness?
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Perpositional Phrase: The Adverb Phrase
a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb is called an adverb phrase. (tells how, where, and to what extent.
Examples:
After lunch, the girls met as members of the Book Club.
Then the boys, also active in the Book Club, came to the meeting.
The girls had started swiftly for their own good.
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Open Ended
Identify the adverb phrase in the following sentence and the word it modifies.
Tito, jump off and coil the line around that piling.
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Open Ended
Identify the adverb phrase in the following sentence and the word it modifies.
Why do small differences sometimes seem so large to some people?
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Open Ended
Identify the adverb phrase in the following sentence and the word it modifies.
Between the cabinet and the fridge, the ball was stuck.
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Multiple Choice
there
please sit
to your sister
your sister
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Multiple Choice
to review
before the quiz
be sure
review your facts
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Multiple Choice
of cake
how many
would like
pieces of cake
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Multiple Choice
Please
return the book
to the cabinet
Please return
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Multiple Select
Which parts of speech can be the object of a preposition?
adjective
noun
preposition
pronoun
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Multiple Choice
Tell if the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is an adjective or adverb phrase. "People in Brazil originally brought them to the Western Hemisphere."
adjective phrase
adverb phrase
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Multiple Choice
Tell if the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is an adjective or adverb phrase. "A large fire was burning in the fireplace."
adjective phrase
adverb phrase
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Multiple Choice
Tell if the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is an adjective or adverb phrase. "The spread of bees is occurring gradually."
adjective phrase
adverb phrase
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Multiple Choice
Tell if the prepositional phrase in the following sentence is an adjective or adverb phrase. "On cold days, I stay inside and work on my computer."
adjective phrase
adverb phrase
Prepositional phRases
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