Identify the underlined phrase in each sentence as either an adjective phrase or

an adverb phrase.

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

What type of phrase is this?The lawn was seeded today by the

maintenance workers.

Answer…Adverb phraseIt modifies was seeded and tells how the lawn

was seeded.

The lawn was seeded today by the maintenance workers.

What type of phrase is this?Tickets to tomorrow night’s concert will be

sold starting this morning.

Answer…Adjective phrase

Which tickets? Tickets to tomorrow night’s concert

Tickets to tomorrow night’s concert will be sold starting this morning.

What type of phrase is this?Several investigators asked us questions

during their investigation.

Answer…Adverb phraseWhen did the investigators ask us questions?

Several investigators asked us questions during their investigation.

What type of phrase is this?Water in this tank must be drained often, or

the fish will die.

Answer…AdjectiveWhich water? The water in this tankOther hints…Which one? Water is a noun.

Water in this tank must be drained often, or the fish will die.

What type of phrase is this?The buoys in the ocean were bobbing up and

down.

Answer..AdjectiveWhich buoys were bobbing up and down?The buoys in the ocean were bobbing.

The buoys in the ocean were bobbing up and down.

What type of phrase is this?Emily returned to her composition on

bullying.

Answer…AdjectiveWhich composition? The composition on

bullyingWhich one? The one on bullying

Emily returned to her composition on bullying.

What type of phrase is this?Ellen Raskin, the author of The Westing

Game, lived in Wisconsin.

Answer…AdjectiveAuthor of what? of The Westing Game (TWG)Which author? (which one?) TWG’s author

Ellen Raskin, the author of The Westing Game, lived in Wisconsin.

What type of phrase is this?Ellen Raskin, the author of The Westing

Game, lived in Wisconsin.

Answer…AdverbWhere did she live?She lived in Wisconsin.

Ellen Raskin, the author of The Westing Game, lived in Wisconsin.

What type of phrase is this?Meghan walked her dog through the dense

forest.

Answer…Adverb

Where did Meghan walk her dog?She walked it through the dense forest.

Meghan walked her dog through the dense forest.

What type of phrase is this?The sparrow flew quickly into its nest.

Answer…AdverbWhere did the sparrow fly?It flew into its nest.

The sparrow flew quickly into its nest.

What type of phrase is this?The bouquet of spectacular yellow roses

lifted my spirits when they were delivered.

Answer…AdjectiveWhat kind of bouquet?A bouquet of spectacular yellow roses

The bouquet of spectacular yellow roses lifted my spirits when they were delivered.

What type of phrase is this?The extremely content kitten slept

peacefully next to its slumbering mother.

Answer…AdverbWhere did the kitten sleep?It slept next to its mother.

The extremely content kitten slept peacefully next to its slumbering mother.

Apply what you have learned…Using the article “From Terror to Hope,” find

five prepositional phrases. Highlight them in your article and then determine if they are adjective phrases or adverb phrases.

In your small group, each person should write one of the sentences, place parentheses around the prepositional phrase, draw an arrow to the word(s) that it modifies, and then write the type of phrase – adjective or adverb - below the sentence.