Prepositional Phrases

What is a prepositional phrase?

A group of words that start with a preposition and ends with an object of the preposition. There may or may not be modifiers.

What is an adjectival phrase?

A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or a pronoun. (It acts like an adjective.)

What is an adverbial phrase?

A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. (It acts like an adverb.)

What are two types of prepositional phrases?

Adjectival phrase and adverbial phrase

What is an object of the preposition?

It is the noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase. It is the word that the preposition links to the rest of the sentence.

Can an adjectival phrase modify a verb?

No. It can only modify a noun or a pronoun.

How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence? In the evening, the teacher works on her lessons for the next day.

Three- in the evening on her lessons for the next day

How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence? The student left the room in the middle of the test.

Two- in the middle of the test

How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence? The kids took a ride on their bikes around the lake.

Two- on their bikes around the lake

What questions can an adverbial phrase answer?

Where? When? How? Why?

What questions can an adjectival phrase answer?

Which one? What kind? How many?

Can an adverbial phrase modify a verb?

Yes. It can also modify an adjective or an adverb.

What are the nine most common prepositions?

at, by, for, on, to, with, from, in, of

What are some compound prepositions?

because of, instead of,

Find the prepositional phrase(s). Is it an adjectival or adverbial phrase? The man found his wallet between the seats in his car.

between the seats- adverbial- answers where? in his car- adjectival- answers which seats?

Find the prepositional phrase(s). Is it an adjectival or adverbial phrase? We read the story in class yesterday.

in class- adverbial- answer where?

Find the prepositional phrase(s). Is it an adjectival or adverbial phrase? The car in the garage needs repairs.

in the garage- adjectival- answers which car?

What is the prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence? We sat on the chairs near the lake.

on the chairs near the lake

Find the prepositional phrase(s). Is it an adjectival or adverbial phrase? The puppy crawled under the bed for protection.

under the bed- adverbial- where for protection- adverbial- why

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? The girl with braids is my sister.

with braids