Adverbial and Adjectival Prepositional Phrases

Can you pronounce the name of the country?

What is the function of the underlined prepositional phrase?

• Adjectival

• Adverbial

• Noun

One of the hockey players was seriously injured.

What is the function of the underlined prepositional phrase?

• Adjectival

• Adverbial

• Noun

How is the underlined prepositional phrase used in the following sentence?

The town beyond those mountains is no longer inhabited.

• An adjectival prepositional phrase

• an adverbial prepositional phrase

Their large greenish eggs are hatched by the male. Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an Adjectival or Adverbial phrase.

• Adjectival phrase

• Adverbial phrase

During the night we heard some strange noises.

Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an Adjectival or Adverbial phrase.

• Adjectival phrase

• Adverbial phrase

Ostriches lay their eggs in holes in the sand. Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an Adjectival or Adverbial phrase.

• Adjectival phrase

• Adverbial phrase

The height of an ostrich can be eight feet. Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an Adjectival or Adverbial phrase.

• Adjectival phrase

• Adverbial phrase

The five foot rhea feeds on plants and insects. Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an Adjectival or Adverbial phrase.

• Adjectival phrase

• Adverbial phrase

The emu is a fourth type of flightless bird. Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an Adjectival or Adverbial phrase.

• Adjectival phrase

• Adverbial phrase

Your recipe for chicken is delicious. Identify whether the underlined prepositional phrase is an Adjectival or Adverbial phrase.

• Adjectival phrase

• Adverbial phrase