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Prepositional Phrases as
Adjectives and Adverbs
UNIT 13.3
 Prepositional Phrases can function as
 Adjectives
 Adverbs
What do adjectives describe?
 Nouns
 Pronouns
Adjectives answer the questions:
Which one? What kind? How many?
What do adverbs describe?
 Verbs
 Adjectives
 Other Adverbs
Adverbs answer the questions:
Where? When? How? To What Extent?
A prepositional phrase can function as an
adjective
 If it functions as an adjective it is called an adjective
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phrase.
The fabrics from the Orient were quite beautiful.
What is your prepositional phrase?
From the Orient
What does it describe?
Fabrics (the subject of the sentence)
Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives (continued)
 These ancient hangings are tapestries from other
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lands.
What is your prepositional phrase?
From other lands
What does it describe?
Tapestries (the noun in the predicate)
Prepositional Phrases can function as Adverbs
 If it functions as an adverb, it is called an adverb
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phrase.
The women are weaving on looms.
What is your prepositional phrase?
On looms
What does it describe?
Weaving (on loom describes the verb)
 That fabric looks great on you.
 What is your prepositional phrase?
 On you
 What does it modify?
 Great (it describes an adjective)
 She weaves fabric well for her age.
 What is the prepositional phrase?
 For her age
 What does it describe?
 Well (for her age describes the adverb well)
 An adverb phrase tells:
 When
 Where
 How an action takes place
 Weavers work during the day.
 What is the prepositional phrase?
 During the day
 What does it modify?
 Work (verb)
 It tells when they worked
 They work in shops.
 What is the prepositional phrase?
 In shops
 What does it modify?
 Work (it tells where they worked)
Prepositional Phrases can be Adverb Phrases
 They work with care.
 What is your prepositional phrase?
 With care
 What does it modify?
 Work (it tells how they worked)
Task Rotations
 Computers: Prepositional Phrase review games
 Preposition poem:
 Practice and word search
 Directions for prepositional poems