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You already know that a preposition is a word that expresses the relationship between
a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. In addition, you know that
a prepositional phrase includes the preposition and the object of the preposition,
which is the noun or pronoun that relates to another word.
Prepositional Phrases can function in three ways in a sentence: as a noun, as an
adjective, or as an adverb.
When a prepositional phrase is functioning as an adjective phrase, it is giving us
additional information about a noun or pronoun in the sentence. It is telling us which
one, what kind, or how many.
To determine if a prepositional phrase is an adjective phrase:
1) Find the object of the preposition (the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition).
2) Ask yourself which other word in the sentence is related to this noun or pronoun by
the preposition.
3) What part of speech is that other word in the sentence? If the other word is a noun
or pronoun, then the prepositional phrase is an adjective phrase.
Since you need some help, I'll come over this afternoon.
Henry felt he needed to take some time off because he had been working so hard.
The parents paid for extra lessons as the children were very gifted.