This document discusses identifying and using prepositional phrases as adjectives and adverbs. It provides examples of prepositional phrases modifying nouns and pronouns as adjective phrases, and modifying verbs, adjectives, and adverbs as adverb phrases. Readers are given exercises to identify prepositional phrases in sentences and rewrite sentences using adjective and adverb phrases. The document aims to help readers accurately use prepositional phrases in writing.

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• To identify prepositional phrases that are
used as adjectives and adverbs 
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• To use adjective phrases to describe nouns
and pronouns in writing 
• To use adverb phrases to describe verbs,
adjectives, and adverbs in writing
Objectives

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Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives
and Adverbs
• A prepositional phrase is an adjective
phrase when it modifies, or describes, a
noun or pronoun. 
– A temple of great size stands here. 
• In the first sentence above, the
prepositional phrase of great size modifies
the subject of the sentence, temple.
– I noticed some men with heavy suitcases. 

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• In the second sentence on the previous
slide, the prepositional phrase with heavy
suitcases describes a noun in the
predicate, men. 
• Notice that, unlike most adjectives, an
adjective phrase usually comes after the
word it modifies.
Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives
and Adverbs(cont.)

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• A prepositional phrase is an adverb
phrase when it modifies, or describes, a
verb, an adjective, or another adverb, as
shown in the chart below. 
Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives
and Adverbs(cont.)

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• An adverb phrase tells when, where, or
how an action occurs, as shown in the
chart below. 
Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives
and Adverbs(cont.)

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Write each prepositional phrase, and write whether it is an
adjective phrase or an adverb phrase.
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1. Most people in Japan follow the traditional
customs of their country.
2. The Japanese traditionally bow on certain
occasions.
3. They show great respect for their elders.
in Japan–adjective; of their country–adjective
Exercise 4 Identifying Adjective and Adverb
Phrases
on certain occasions–adverb
for their elders–adjective

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Write each prepositional phrase, and write whether it is an
adjective phrase or an adverb phrase.
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4. Throughout their history, the Japanese have also
loved beauty.
5. Their gardens are models of grace and delicacy.
Exercise 4 Identifying Adjective and Adverb
Phrases
Throughout their history–adverb
of grace and delicacy–adjective

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Rewrite each group of sentences, making a single sentence
with adjective or adverb phrases.
1. Japan experienced little influence. The influence
was from the outside.
2. Japan became an industrial nation. It became
an industrial nation within fifty years.
3. We recently visited Nara. A Buddhist temple of
historical significance can be seen at Nara.
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Exercise 5 Writing Sentences with Prepositional
Phrases
Japan experienced little influence from the outside.
Japan became and industrial nation within fifty
years.
We recently visited a Buddhist temple of
historical significance at Nara.

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Rewrite each group of sentences, making a single sentence
with adjective or adverb phrases.
4. Brightly colored plants dot the hills. The hills are
below Kyushu’s mountainous slopes.
5. The volcano Mount Aso stands. It stands at the
island’s highest point.
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Exercise 5 Writing Sentences with Prepositional
Phrases
Brightly colored plants dot the hills below Kyushu’s
mountainous slopes.
The volcano Mount Aso stands at the island’s
highest point.

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Use adjective and adverb phrases to write
about a real or imagined trip to a place
where the customs and practices are
unfamiliar to you. Share your paragraphs in
small groups. Evaluate each other’s usage
and placement of phrases and provide
constructive responses.
Close

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• To identify prepositional phrases that are
used as adjectives and adverbs 
Click the mouse button or press the
Space Bar to display the information.
• To use adjective phrases to describe nouns
and pronouns in writing 
• To use adverb phrases to describe verbs,
adjectives, and adverbs in writing
Objectives