Adjective Phrases
The role of an adjective phrase is to
What is to describe/modify a noun?
The role of an adjective clause
What tells "which one," "what kind," or "how many," such as who, whose, whom, which, or that?
The definition of prepositional phrase is...
What is "a phrase that includes a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers"?
The definition of "preposition" is...
What is "a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause"?
The definition of predicate is...
What is "the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject"?
The adjective phrase in "Kenya, in eastern Africa, was where Uncle Nestor lived for two years."
What is "in eastern Africa"?
The adjective clause in "Uncle Nestor worked for a while on a ship that sailed the Caribbean."
What is "that sailed the Caribbean."
The prepositional phrase in "The boy looked at a magazine."
What is "at a magazine"?
A preposition(s) that begins with the letter "F."
What is "for" or "from"?
The complete predicate in "Jack eats garlic snails."
What is "eats garlic snails."
The adjective phrase in "He also spent a lot of time in Prague, which is a city in the Czech Republic."
What is "in the Czech Republic"?
The adjective clause in "The captain of the ship was a man name Ramon, whom Nestor knew from Chile."
What is "whom nestor knew from Chile."
The prepositional phrase in "His letter was from his best friend."
What is "from his best friend"?
A preposition(s) that begins with the letter "O."
What is "of," "off," "on," "onto," "outside," "over"?
The complete predicate in "The cat sleeps all day."
What is "sleeps all day"?
The adjective phrase in "A man from the island of Crete convinced Uncle Nestor that he should spend some time there."
What is "from the island of Crete"?
The adjective clause in "Uncle Nestor, whose French is not very good, went to the front desk to ask for an extra blanket."
What is "whose French is not very good"?
The prepositional phrase in "Bill gave a report about ants."
What is "about ants"?
A preposition(s) that begins with the letter "C."
What is "concerning"?
The complete predicate in "The students finished their project and submitted it online."
What is "finished their project and submitted it online"?
The adjective phrase in "Ms. Mojeed who spent all of her time making the exam over the weekend."
What is "who spent all of her time"?
The adjective clause in "The clerk thought my uncle wanted to wrap himself in a flag, which would not be very warm!"
What is "which would not be very warm!"?
The prepositional phrase in "An ambulance came within five minutes."
What is "within five minutes"?
A preposition(s) that begins with the letter "N."
What is "near"?
The predicate in "Time flies."
What is "flies"?