English 9
Rosemary Dibben
(707) 965-6759, PrepEnglish@yahoo.com
English Dept.
PUC Preparatory School
McKibbin Hall, 1 Angwin Ave.
Angwin, CA 94508

Review: Labeling Prepositional Phrases (Adj or Adv)

Directions: These are sentences that contain adjective and adverb prepositional phrases. Underline each prep phrase and identify it as adj or adv. For each prep phrase, draw an arrow from the phrase to the word it modifies, and identify the question it answers.

      • Adjective questions: What kind? Which one? How many?

      • Adverb questions: Where? How? When? Why? To what extent? Under what condition?
  1. Arthur C. Clarke is a widely read writer of science fiction.

  2. The blaring siren drove the students out of the school.

  3. Diligence is important for success at school.

  4. This article about the San Francisco Science Museum is fascinating.

  5. My brother wrote the script for a play about George Washington.

  6. A beetle is fairly safe inside its exoskeleton.

  7. Her best work is an opera with three parts.

  8. A hedge near the door masked the mess in the backyard.

  9. After graduation the student left with her parents for a party.

  10. The wolf howled at the moon on the hill.

  11. We cleaned the floor in the kitchen and polished the brass fixtures on the stairs.

  12. After the party she spoke privately to a few guests.

  13. In a great hurry the frantic parent cleared the broken glass on the kitchen floor.

  14. Bring me the book beside the lamp on that desk.

  15. The secret club meeting in the cave was canceled.

  16. During the morning the students stayed in the classrooms.

  17. Some of the puppies in the litter showed interest in a spider on the wall.

  18. The article is weak on substance.

  19. During her childhood, she walked two miles to school every day.

  20. The Prep volleyball players made a favorable impression on the referee.

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