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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Lesson 1-1: Verb Identification
Lesson 1-2: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-3: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-4: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-5: Verb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-6: Action versus State-of-being Verbs
Lesson 1-7: Verb Identification
Lesson 1-8: Verb Phrase Identification
Lesson 1-9: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-10: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-11: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-12: Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-13: Verb and Verb Phrase Identification
Lesson 1-14: Verb and Verb Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-15: Noun Identification
Lesson 1-16: Pronoun Identification
Lesson 1-17: Subject Identification
Lesson 1-18: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-19: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-20: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-21: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-22: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-23: Subject Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-24: Compound Verbs
Lesson 1-25: Compound Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-26: Compound Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-27: Compound Subjects
Lesson 1-28: Compound Subjects (Continued)
Lesson 1-29: Adjective Identification
Lesson 1-30: Adjective Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-31: Adjective Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-32: Adjective Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-33: Comparing With Adjectives
Lesson 1-34: Comparing With Adjectives (Continued)
Lesson 1-35: Adverb Identification
Lesson 1-36: Adverb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-37: Adverb Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-38: Adverb Identification (Continued)
Quiz 1-39: Cumulative Review
Lesson 1-40: Prepositional Phrase Identification
Lesson 1-41: Prepositional Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-42: Prepositional Phrase Identification (Continued)
Lesson 1-43: Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives
Lesson 1-44: Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives (Continued)
Lesson 1-45: Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs
Lesson 1-46: Prepositional Phrases as Adverbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-47: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases
Lesson 1-48: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases (Continued)
Lesson 1-49: Adjective and Adverbial Phrases (Continued)
Quiz 1-50: Cumulative Review
Lesson 1-51: Phrases Hiding Subjects
Lesson 1-52: Prepositions Acting Out as Verbs
Lesson 1-53: Prepositions Acting Out as Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 1-54: Adverbs Modifying Adjectives
Lesson 1-55: Adverbs Modifying Other Adverbs
Quiz 1-56: Cumulative Review
Exercise 1-57: Module 1 Self-Test
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
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English Grammar
A
djective and Adverbial Phrases
Lesson 1-47
Comments:
Prompt:
Adjective prepositional phrases modify nouns or pronouns. Adverbial prepositional phrases modify verbs.
Directions:
Each sentence below contains a prepositional phrase. Do the following: 1) click to select the prepositional phrase in each sentence, and 2) click to select below each sentence whether the phrase in the prior sentence is an adjective phrase or an adverbial phrase.
1.
The
President
arrived
from
Boston
.
2.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
3.
The
sloop
with
beautiful
red
sails
turned
north
.
4.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
5.
A
trip
along
the
old
Oregon
trail
is
being
planned
.
6.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
7.
The
hikers
were
being
bitten
by
large
hungry
mosquitoes
.
8.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
9.
The
tour
bus
stopped
near
the
Vatican
City
.
10.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
11.
Because
he
was
the
best
player
in
the
county
,
he
was
chosen
first
.
12.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
13.
The
dogs
greeted
the
riders
and
ran
around
the
horses
.
14.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
15.
While
the
snowflakes
fell
silently
,
the
two
colts
near
the
bunk
house
huddled
together
.
16.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
17.
Throwing
all
care
aside
,
the
skier
jumped
over
the
log
and
disappeared
.
18.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)
19.
Snowboarding
with
just
a
single
board
is
fun
.
20.
(
adjective phrase
) (
adverbial phrase
)