Adjectival and Adverbial Phrases

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2. 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 its
subject.

3. WHAT IS A PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASE?
A prepositional phrase includes a
preposition, a noun, or a pronoun called
the object of the preposition, and any
modifiers of that object.
There are 2 kinds of prepositional phrases:
adjective phrases and adverb phrases

4. EXAMPLES:
The Seine River flows through Paris.
The car in front of us slide into an icy snow bank.
During the stormy night, the black horse ran off.
The dish is filled with raw carrots and celery.

5. WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE
PHRASE?
A prepositional phrase used as an adjective
is called an adjective phrase.
ADJECTIVE: Rosa chose the blue one.
ADJECTIVE PHRASE: Rosa chose the shirt
with blue stripes.

6. ADJECTIVE PHRASES
• An adjective phrase
modifies a noun or a
pronoun.
• Adjective phrases
generally come after the
words they modify and
answer the same
questions that single-
word adjectives answer:
What kind? Which one?
How
many?
How much?

7. ADJECTIVE PHRASES
• The store is open.
• We bought a CD
with the neon sign
by Luis Fonsi and DY.

8. WHAT IS AN ADVERB
PHRASE?
A prepositional phrase used as an adverb is
called an adverb phrase.
ADVERB: The cavalry will reach the fort
soon.
ADVERB PHRASE: The cavalry will reach the
fort by noon.

9. ADVERB PHRASES
Adverb phrases answer the same questions
that single-word adverbs answer:
When? Where? How? Why?
How
often?
How
long?
To what
extent?

10. ADVERB PHRASES
• We got our new puppy
• A puppy is always ready
at the animal shelter.
for a game.