Identifying Prepositional Phrases

APPOSITIVES An appositive is a noun or a pronoun that is placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify or give additional information about it. Essentially, an appositive renames another noun or pronoun.

An appositive phrase consists of an appositive and any words that modify it.

Identifying Prepositional Phrases 1. Find the preposition Frequently used prepositions about at but (except) in onto toward above before by inside out under across behind concerning into outside until after below down like over up against beneath during near past upon along beside except of since with among between for off through within around beyond from on to without

2. Identify its object

3. Find any modifiers of that object

Identifying the Function of Prepositional Phrases

1. Find the prepositional phrase. 2. Identify the word it modifies. 3. Determine the part of speech of that word. 4. If the word being modified is a noun or a pronoun, it is an adjective phrase. If the word being modified is a verb, adjective, or adverb, it is an adverb phrase.

Adjective Phrases

Follow the noun or pronoun that they modify Tell which one?, what kind?, how much?, or how many? about that noun or pronoun

Adverb Phrases

 Can be anywhere in the sentence  Tell how?, when?, where?, why?, or to what extent? about the verb, adjective or adverb they modify