Appositives and Prepositional

Phrases
Appositives are a noun or noun phrase that renames
another noun right beside it. An appositive can interrupt a
sentence, or begin it.
Example: Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, is in
Memphis, Tennessee.
Directions: Underline the appositive phrase in the
sentences below.
1. Mrs. Quirk, my favorite English teacher, helped me with
my homework.
2. My Dell computer, a modern-day dinosaur, chews floppy
disks as noisily as my brother does peanut brittle.
3. The insect, a large cockroach, is crawling across the
kitchen table.
4. The chief surgeon, an expert in organ-transplant
procedures, took her nephew on a hospital tour.
5. The first state to ratify the U. S. Constitution, Delaware is
rich in history.

A prepositional phrase describes a relationship between

its object and another word or group of words in a sentence.
A prepositional phrase gives information such as direction,
time, and place.

An adjective
prepositional
phrase
modifies/describes a
noun or pronoun.

An adverb
prepositional
phrase modifies a
verb and may tell
where, how, or when
an action. takes

Example: Come into the garden with me.

Directions: Underline the prepositional phrase in the
sentences below.
1. She wanted to go to the movies.
2. The stories in that book were translated by my professor.
3. She was looking for a man with money.
4. The picture behind my desk used to hang in my bedroom.
5. I cant complete the report without all the information.