•PHRASE - GROUP OF RELATED

WORDS THAT ACTS AS A SINGLE

PART OF SPEECH. IT DOESN’T
HAVE EITHER A SUBJECT OR A
VERB.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
•IT CONSISTS OF A
PREPOSITION AND ITS
OBJECT/S.

•IT ALSO FUNCTIONS AS

AN ADJECTIVE PHRASE
AND AS AN ADVERB
 ADJECTIVE-
MODIFIES NOUN AND
PRONOUN
Angela, fish, cat, Wuhan, love
– some examples of NOUN

I, she, it , they, me, their, you

– some examples of PRONOUN
•ADVERB- modifies
VERB, ADJECTIVE
AND ANOTHER
ADVERB.
Verb- is an action word or state of being.
Robert plays basketball.

Carmela is beautiful.
 ADJECTIVE

My beautiful friend is the

energetic Anna.
 ADVERB

•She answered it very

carefully.
 INSTRUCTION:

UNDERLINE THE ADVERB PHRASE IN EACH SENTENCE AND DRAW AN

ARROW POINTING TO THE WORD IT MODIFIES.
1. I shall finish my homework in the
afternoon.
2. My younger brother acted in a childish
manner.
3. Let us finish our work on time.
4. He was successful in his career.
5. KB’s helicopter crashed near your town.
1. I shall finish my homework in the
afternoon.
2. My younger brother acted in a childish
manner.
3. Let us finish our work on time.
4. He was successful in his career.
5. KB’s helicopter crashed near your town.
• 6. We brought the accident victim to the
nearest hospital.
• 7. The senior students stay in the laboratory
room often.
• 8. These kids used to play in the yard every
afternoon.
• 9. They left the room in a hurry.
• 10. Did you inquire about the application
form?
• 6. We brought the accident victim to the
nearest hospital.
• 7. The senior students stay in the laboratory
room often.
• 8. These kids used to play in the yard every
afternoon.
• 9. They left the room in a hurry.
• 10. Did you inquire about the application
form?
 REWRITE EACH SENTENCE PLACING THE
ADVERB PHRASE IN PARENTHESES IN
CORRECT POSITION.
• 1. The sun attracts the planets. (with its pull)
• 2. A planet swerves because of this pull. (toward the sun)
• 3. Inertia keeps planets moving rapidly. (at constant speed)
• 4. Planets do not fall off. (into space)
• 5. Planets are separated from one another. (by great
distances)
 REWRITE EACH SENTENCE PLACING THE
ADVERB PHRASE IN PARENTHESES IN
CORRECT POSITION.
• 1. The sun attracts the planets with its pull.
• 2. A planet swerves toward the sun because of this pull.
• 3. Inertia keeps planets moving rapidly at constant speed.
• 4. Planets do not fall off into space.
• 5. Planets are separated by great distances from one
another.
• 6. Smaller heavenly bodies are found. (between
some of these planets)
• 7. Scientists say that billions of meteors fall every
day. (to the earth)
• 8. Meteorites make huge craters. (on the earth’s
surface)
• 9. Our universe is so big that measuring it is not
possible. (by the mile)
•The girls came. They had their
partners.
•The girls came with their partners.
 COMBINE TWO SENTENCES USING WITH
OR WITHOUT FOLLOWED BY A NOUN.

1. The girls came with their parents.

2. She went out with her younger brother.
3. I did my homework without Papa’s help.
4. The child cried without tears.
5. The politician arrived with two bodyguards.
• 6. I can do it without your help.
• 7. We can do anything with God’s help.
• 8. Dong and Myrna got married with their
parent’s blessing.
• 9. The people prayed with great devotion.
• 10. The winner exclaimed with tears in her eyes.
 REWRITE ON ANOTHER SHEET THE FF.
INCORRECT SENTENCES BY PLACING THE
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE WORDS THEY MODIFY.
• 1. The mockingbird sings on the chimney tops a happy song.
• 2. It is famous for its ability the sounds of other birds to
imitate.
• 3. The male bird attacks cats climbing trees of sly nature.
• 4. A small boy sometimes steals the eggs with collecting
instincts.
• 5. The mood often seizes a cat for killing birds.
• 6. The bird is very serviceable to the farmer with
drab plumage.
• 7. The mockingbird builds nests in the arbors of
twigs and hair.
• 8. The little birds astonish the spectator with wide-
open beaks.
• 9. A downward swoop can inflict pain upon a dog
from a high place.
• 10. His mood may last throughout the night for
singing.