Instructions: Read, study, and learn this lesson. Then do the exercise.  When you are satisfied that you understand the lesson, take the test. 

Example:              

He .has. a /bike/ [like mine].
Each [of you] .should attend. 
2. An adjective phrase modifies a noun or pronoun: 

Examples:

He .has. a /bike/ [like mine].  (phrase modifying the noun bike)
Each [of you] .should attend.  (phrase modifying the pronoun each) 

3. Some common prepositions are listed below: 

with	to	at	above
up	through	of	in
on	by	for	from
toward	down	into	like
under	after	near	without
beside	within	across	before

4. The object of a preposition can be modified by other words: 

Example: A [happy] boy [in a [brown] shirt] .raked. the [dead] /leaves/. 

(The object “shirt” is modified by the adjective “brown.”) 

5.  A participle phrase is a word group that begins with a participle and makes an adjective phrase. 

Example: The coach [wearing a blue windbreaker] .ran. {down the sideline}.

6. Adjectives and adjective phrases are usually interchangeable with each other: 

Examples:             

They .took. a /ride/ [on a train].            
They .took. a [train] /ride/.
I .have. a /brother/ [with a red head].
I .have. a [redheaded] /brother/. 

7. Phrases might be compound or have compound parts: 

Example: Anyone [having a problem] or [needing help] .should contact. /us/.

8. An adjective phrase may modify an object in another phrase: 

Example: The [delivery] woman [with a package] [for you] .came. {to the house}.

The phrase “for you” is modifying the object “package.

Exercise, Lesson 17

Instructions: Read, study, and memorize the key teaching points regarding this lesson. When you can recall and discuss the information with understanding, take the test. 

What to learn about adjectives phrases: 

1. When a prepositional phrase is used as an adjective, it is called an adjective phrase and is marked as an adjective. 

2. A prepositional phrase has two main parts: a preposition and an object. 

3. A preposition shows the relationship between its object and some other word in a sentence. 

4. An adjective phrase modifies a noun or pronoun. 

Some common prepositions are listed below:

with	to	at	above
up	through	of	in
on	by	for	from
toward	down	into	like
under	after	near	without
beside	within	across	before

 

5. The object of a preposition can be modified by other words. 

6. A participle phrase is a word group that begins with a participle and is used as an adjective phrase. 

7. Adjectives and adjective phrases are usually interchangeable. 

8. Adjective phrases might be compound or have compound parts. 

9. An adjective phrase may modify an object in another phrase.

Test, Lesson 17

Instructions: Write the sentences on a separate sheet of paper and answer all of the questions. 

1. What is an adjective phrase? 

2. What does an adjective phrase do in a sentence? 

3. What does a preposition do in a sentence? 

4. Write two sentences using prepositional phrases. 

5. Write two sentences where the object of a preposition is modified by other words. 

6. What is a participle phrase? 

7. Write two sentences using participle phrases.

8. Write two sentences using compound adjective phrases.

9. Write two sentences using participle phrases as adjectives.

Instructions: Mark the subjects, verbs, objects, complements, adjectives, and phrases in the following sentences.

1. Christmas presents for mom and dad came this morning.

2. His social worker, who has a full case load, is a friend of my mom.

3. That man by the bar is a radical with a chip on his shoulder.

4. A river of mud and boulders came by our house on the hill.

5. I know of a good restaurant [down by the docks].

6. Why don’t we take a bus tour around the island?

7. Let’s visit the old mill [across from my house].

8. A man carrying a large box came by my office.

9. No one wanting help or needing it will be turned away.

10. A small river ran through the valley.