Adjective phrases examples

1. PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASES
as Adjectives

2. The house across the street has been painted a strange
shade of green.
Some of the tickets to the game have been lost.
The loaf of bread on the counter should be used first.
An adjective phrase is a prepositional phrase that is used to
modify a noun or a pronoun.
Which one(s)? What kind? How many?
Adjective phrases always come after the words they modify

3. Pick out the adjective prepositional phrases in these sentences and
tell what they modify.
1. The book on the table in the English classroom is Barbara's book.
2. The girl in the neighboring house plays the flute every night.
3. Large blocks of the hardest granite formed the walls of the new
building.
4. The roads of ancient Rome connected the cities of the empire.
5. The announcement during class interrupted my work on
the math test.

4. Reference
Depraetere, I. and Langford, C. (2012). Advanced English grammar: A
linguistic approach. London and New York: Bloomsbury, p.78