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Diagramming sentences. Prepositional Phrases #2. Can be used as an adverb to modify a verb: Ex: The science lab was displayed on Parents’ Night. subject. verb. adjective. preposition. object of the preposition. adjective. lab. was displayed. The. on. Parents’ Night.
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Prepositional Phrases #2 • Can be used as an adverb to modify a verb: • Ex: The science lab was displayed on Parents’ Night. subject verb adjective preposition object of the preposition adjective
lab was displayed The on Parents’ Night science
If the prepositional phrase modifies only one part of a compound element, place it under that part only. Otherwise, the slant line begins beneath the shared baseline. • Ex: On that night, my mother came and saw the school. • The prepositional phrase “on that night” modifies BOTH came and saw.
pt 1 of compound verb subject conj. - - - - - - pt 2 comp verb direct object prep. object of prep. adjective adjective adjective
came mother and - - - - - - saw school On night my the that
Copy and diagram these sentences. • Before Parents’ Night, we practiced our experiments. • Mrs. Sanchez wrote precise instructions on the chalkboard. • Turtles and frogs crawled over the aquarium rocks.