definitions
prepositional phrases
adjective phrases
What is modified?
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A word that shows the relationship between a noun and another word in the sentence.
What is a preposition?
100
Identify the prepositional phrase (s). The ski race begins at the top of the mountain.
What is at the top, of the mountain?
100
Identify the adjective phrase (s). The captain of the ferryboat was a man of great wealth.
What is of the ferryboat, of great wealth?
100
Identify the phrase and what is modified? Mrs. Smith's class of 9th graders analyzed films of the early 1900s.
What is of 9th graders-class, of the early 1900s-films?
100
Choose the correct answer. Chirping crickets were soothing to everyone except Suzy and (I, me).
What is me?
200
A group of words that is used as a single unit in a sentence
What is a phrase?
200
Identify the prepositional phrase (s). The skiers raced against the clock, not against each other.
What is against the clock, against each other?
200
Identify the adjective phrase (s). His investments in the stock market made him very rich.
What is in the stock market?
200
Identify the phrase and what is modified? The group of girls saw movies by Chaplin, Keaton, and others.
What is of girls-group, by Chaplin, Keaton, and others-movies?
200
Choose the correct answer. To the leaders and (they, them), the sounds were cheerful.
What is them?
300
A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition
What is a prepositional phrase?
300
Identify the prepositional phrase (s). The racers carved turns into the snow with their skis.
What is into the snow, with their skis?
300
Identify the adjective phrase (s). His company was the first with a railroad of four tracks.
What is with a railroad, of four tracks?
300
Identify the phrase and what is modified? Many of the early films without sound are masterpieces.
What is of the early films-many, without sound-films?
300
Choose the correct answer. One camper gave earplugs to (he, him) and (I, me).
What is him, me?
400
a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective phrase?
400
Identify the prepositional phrase (s). At the end of the race, some skiers were out of breath.
What is At the end, of the race, of breath?
400
Identify the adjective phrase (s). Two tracks were for passenger trains, and two were for freight trains.
What is for passenger trains, for freight trains?
400
Identify the phrase and what is modified? Pianists in theathers of that time provided much of the music.
What is in theaters-pianists, of that time-theaters, of the music-much?
400
Choose the correct answer. Then all was quiet around (they, them) and (we, us).
What is them, us?
500
A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb
What is an adverb phrase?
500
Identify the prepositional phrase (s). Over the years, skiers have competed in one event or another.
What is over the years, in one event or another?
500
Identify the adjective phrase (s). He eventually joined the rush to the gold mines in California.
What is to the gold mines, in California?
500
Identify the phrase and what is modified? The introduction of movies with sound ended some careers.
What is of movies-introduction, with sound-movies?
500
Choose the correct answer. A furry animal crawled between Karen and (I, me).
What is me?
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