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Prepositional Phrases

Prepositional Phrases. Adjective & Adverb Phrases. Adjective Phrases. come after the words they modify answer the following questions: what kind? how many? which one? how much?. Practice While she was a student in France, Marie met Pierre Curie.

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Prepositional Phrases

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  1. Prepositional Phrases Adjective & Adverb Phrases

  2. Adjective Phrases • come after the words they modify • answer the following questions: • what kind? • how many? • which one? • how much?

  3. Practice • While she was a student in France, Marie met Pierre Curie. • Pierre had always gained fame as a scientist. • Paris was where the two of them became friends.

  4. Adverb Phrases • answer the questions: • when? • where? • why? • how often? • how long? • to what extent?

  5. Practice • When he was only a baby, Pecos Bill fell into the Pecos River. • His parents searched for him, but couldn’t find him. • He was saved by coyotes, who raised him.

  6. Adjective or Adverb Phrase? • Did you know that there are hundreds of shark species? • Scientists group these species into twenty-eight families. • Sharks within the same family share many traits. • Sharks are found throughout the world’s oceans. • The whale shark falls under the “not dangerous” category.

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