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Adjective and Adverb Phrases Misplaced Modifiers Unit 1 Grammar.

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1 Adjective and Adverb Phrases Misplaced Modifiers Unit 1 Grammar

2 Adjective Phrases Adjective Phrases are usually prepositional phrases and they act as single-word adjectives do. They modify: A Noun (person, place or thing) A Pronoun (I, we, they, us, them, me) Modify by telling: What kind? Which one? How many?

3 Adverb Phrases Adverb phrases are usually prepositional phrases and they act as single-word adverbs do. They modify: A verb A noun An adjective Another adverb

4 Adverbs modify by telling: How When Where To what extent (how often or how much)

5 Some prepositions that begin prepositional phrases: Aboutatfromthrough Acrossbetweeninto Afterbylikeuntil Againstduringofupon Alongexceptonwith Aroundforsincewithout

6 Adjective Phrases This is the end of a very long road. The sequel to the original was just as bad. The cookie in my pocket tempts me.

7 Adverb Phrase The cookie crumbled in my pocket. The bell rang while we were having a fishbowl conversation. I wake up later on Wednesday mornings.

8 Misplaced Modifiers: My husband asked me if we might consider having another baby during our friends’ baby shower. I found a scratching post for my cat, which was on clearance. ( Note to 1 st period: I changed this sentence from the one we used in class.)

9 Notice that moving the word ONLY changes the meaning of the sentence. Only Susie gave $20 at the fundraiser. (No one else but Susie gave $20.) Susie only gave $20 at the fundraiser. (The only thing Susie did was give $20.) Susie gave only $20 at the fundraiser. (Susie didn’t give any more than $20.) Susie gave $20 at the only fundraiser. (Susie gave $20 at the only available fundraiser.) Susie gave $20 at the fundraiser only. (Susie didn’t give $20 anywhere else.)


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