Prepositional Phrase_Exercises 5d

5d. Exercises

A. Pick out the prepositional phrase in the following sentences and say what their function is in the sentence (i.e. is the phrase an adjunct, a disjunct or a conjunct or is it modifying a noun or an adjective?).

1. The meal was eaten in silence.

2. To their horror, the vase slipped from his grasp and fell to the floor.

3. She studied the picture for a few minutes with great interest.

4. The man in front of me seemed to have lost his wallet.

5. This dress is meant to be worn off the shoulder.

6. She was wearing an off-the-shoulder dress.

7. The Smiths live in the house on the corner of the street.

8. I don’t mind in the least.

9. The clothes were lying in a heap on the floor.

10. The clothes in that pile on the floor are mine.

11. in my opinion, we’re lost.

12. If you pull and I push at the same time, we should manage to move the car.

13. In that case, I’ll let you decide what to do.

14. There’s a bird with a broken wing in the garden.

B. Say whether underlined the prepositional phrase in the following sentences are functioning as adjuncts, functioning as complements or modifying nouns.

1. He raised the cup to his lips and drank deeply.

2. This is an exception to the general rule.

3. I saw a strange man on the bus.

4. The man on the bus was wearing a tattered old coat.

5. Molly was rather surprised at Tom’s behaviors.

6. The boat was heading away at full speed.

7. Mrs. Wang wasn’t pleased at being kept waiting.

8. There’s no doubt about it. That’s the man I saw.

9. Gradually the noise behind them died away.

 10. The house has rather suffered from neglect recently.

11. Put the toys in that box.

12. The little girl was glowing with pride.