Question

exercise a in each of the following sentences, circle the word or words that the underlined prepositional phrase modifies. then, identify the phrase by writing above it adj for adjective phrase or adv for adverb phrase. example 1. throughout the night, water from the ceiling annoyingly dripped into the bucket. 1. sonya is good at soccer. 2. raphael enjoys reading articles about early space exploration. 3. throughout the spring, archimedes spent much time fishing. 4. the young cheetah quietly crouched behind the tall, yellow grass. 5. herbert watched an informative video on the air battles of world war ii.

Explanation:

For each sentence, first identify the word the underlined prepositional phrase modifies (circle it), then label the phrase type:

1. "at soccer" describes how good Sonya is, modifying the adjective "good".
2. "about early space exploration" describes what kind of articles Raphael reads, modifying the noun "articles".
3. "Throughout the spring" describes when Archimedes fished, modifying the verb "spent".
4. "behind the tall, yellow grass" describes where the cheetah crouched, modifying the verb "crouched".
5. "on the air battles of World War II" describes what kind of video Herbert watched, modifying the noun "video".

Answer:

1. Circle: good

ADJ
$\overline{\text{at soccer}}$

1. Circle: articles

ADJ
$\overline{\text{about early space exploration}}$

1. Circle: spent

ADV
$\overline{\text{Throughout the spring}}$

1. Circle: crouched

ADV
$\overline{\text{behind the tall, yellow grass}}$

1. Circle: video

ADJ
$\overline{\text{on the air battles of World War II}}$