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