Prepositional and Adverbial Phrases

Choose the sentence where the prepositional phrase functions as an Adverb.

• A boat for racing had sunk

• I used a hammer with a claw.

• For many years people have sought the lost continent Atlantis

• Luis and I have watched episodes of Star Trek:

I enjoy stargazing from a nearby hilltop. Clusters of stars form constellations. Choose all the prepositional phrases from the previous sentences. You can select more than one

• from a nearby hilltop

• of stars

• form constellations

• Enjoy stargazing

• a nearby hilltop

In the cave, an ancient artist had painted a hunting scene.

What is the function of the underlined prepositional phrase?

• Adjectival

• Adverbial

• Noun

Can you see well in the dark?

What is the function of the underlined prepositional phrase?

• Adjectival

• Adverbial

• Noun

The band played a song from a popular musical.

What is the function of the underlined prepositional phrase?

• Adjectival

• Adverbial

• Noun

Even astronomers cannot see these stars with powerful telescopes.

What is the function of the underlined prepositional phrase?

• Adjectival

• Adverbial

• Noun

Can anyone count the stars in the Milky Way?

The prepositional phrase in the above sentence is:

• Can anyone count

• the stars

• Milky Way

• In the Milky Way

Seven very bright stars surrounded by dust form the Seven Sisters.

Choose all the prepositional phrases from the sentence above.

• Seven very bright stars

• by dust

• form the seven sisters

• the seven sisters

Identify the prepositional phrase. The groundhog scurried into the hole.

• scurried into

• scurried into the hole

• into

• into the hole

Identify the underlined part of speech. SpongBob swam past the coral reef.

• preposition

• adverb