No one at e-notes is going to do your homework assignment
for you; however, I will gladly review the parts of speech to which you refer in your
question. Perpositional phrases are words used to show a relationship between two
things. Think of a squirrel and a tree. He can be on the tree,
in the tree, under the tree,
beside the tree, beyond the tree,
from the tree, and...well, you get the point. And the tree can be
near the squirrel, away from the squirrel,
abovethe squirrel...and the list goes on again. Those are all
prepositions in prepositional phrases. Where a prepositional phrase is used in a
sentence will determine if it is, in this case, an adjective phrase or an adverb
phrase. If the preposition modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, it's an
adverb phrase. If it modifies a noun or another pronoun, it's an adjective phrase. for
example:
After collecting leaves for his nest, the squirrel
ran up the tree.
The prepositional phrase is up
the tree and it answers where the squirrel ran.
Ran is a verb, so the prep phrase is an
adverb.
Good luck!
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