1. What is the adjective phrase in this sentence? The books on the floor are Mary's. 2.

What is the word modified by the adjective phrases "on the floor". The books on the floor are Mary's. 3. What is the adjective phrase in this sentence? The picture on your right is very expensive. 4. What does "on your right" modify this sentence. The picture on your right is very expensive 5. What is the adjective phrase in this sentence? The house on the corner is 100 years old. 6. What word in sentence #5 does the phrase "on the corner" modify? The house on the corner is 100 years old. 7. What is the adjective phrase in the following sentence? The girl beside John is my cousin. 8. What does the adjective phrase "beside John" modify in the following sentence: The girl beside John is my cousin. 9. The tree near my house has delicious apples every summer. Pick out the adjective phrase in the above sentence

10. What does the adjective phrase "near my house" modify. The tree near my house has delicious apples every summer. 11. What is the adjective phrase in the following sentence? The cabin beside the lake was already occupied when we arrived. 12. What does the phrase "beside the lake" modify? The cabin beside the lake was already occupied when we arrived 13. What is the adjective phrase in the following sentence? He finished the dish of ice cream very quickly. 14. What does the phrase "of ice cream" modify? He finished the dish of ice cream very quickly. 15. What is the adjective phrase in the following sentence? Will you delay your trip to Disneyland?

Exercise 1: Reduce the following adjective clauses to adjectives phrases. 1. I know the student who is sitting in the front row of the theater. __________________________________________________________________ 2. The girl who was chosen to be the captain has played for three years. __________________________________________________________________ 3. John Brown, who is 23, works at Chase Bank. __________________________________________________________________ 4. Pauline Johnson, who is the manager of the restaurant, lives in Ottawa. _____________________________________________________________________ 5. I went to a hotel which was located on 7th and Broadway. __________________________________________________________________ 5. Nancy likes restaurants that serve spicy food. __________________________________________________________________ 6. The reporter who was captured during the raid was released yesterday. __________________________________________________________________ 7. Ludlow knows the man who is standing in the corner of the room. __________________________________________________________________

8. I finally saw the singer who was hidden by the crowd. __________________________________________________________________ 9. Megan knows the woman who is directing the movie. __________________________________________________________________ 10. Simon Bolivar was born in Venezuela. Venezuela is located in South America. __________________________________________________________________ 11. Germany is now a unified country. It was divided into East and West in 1945. __________________________________________________________________ 12. Sudan has a population of 121,000,000. It is the largest country in Africa. __________________________________________________________________ 13. Thailand has never been ruled by a foreign power. It is situated in southeast Asia. __________________________________________________________________ 14. There are six principal dialects of Spanish. Spanish is the official language of 12 South American countries. __________________________________________________________________

Exercise 2 Complete the sentences with adjective phrases using the information in parentheses. 1. I met a person ___________________ (He was born in Korea.) 2. My aunt is the woman ______________________________ (She teaches the class.) 3. My sister has an apartment _____________________________________ (It overlooks the park.) 4. Gianna, ______________________________ , has a dog. (Gina is 24.) 5. The man ____________________________ is standing over there. (He is known as Paco.) 6. I would like to introduce you to Ji Na, _______________________________ . (Ji Na is a ballet dancer.) 7. The person who sits next to me in class is Hernan, ________________________ . (Hernan is a cook.) 8. Bob likes to eat at a restaurant _________________________ . (The restaurant is located downtown.) 9. The person who sits in front of me in class is Rosa, ____________________ . (Rosa is from Venezuela.) 10. I borrowed a pen from Yeltsa, _____________________ . (Yeltsa is a polite woman.)

11. My brother, _________________________ , lives in California. (My brother is a stock broker.) 12. I would like to tell you about my father, ____________________________ . (He is an excellent cook.) 13. My mother is a woman _____________________________________ . (She is known for her honesty.) 14. My sister, _____________________________________ , is very shy. (My sister is a quiet woman.) 15. I have two cousins, _______________________________ . (Both are related to me through my mother.) 16. My sister lives in a city ____________________________________ . (It is far from Montreal.) 17. My aunt has six children _____________________________________ . (They live all around the world.) 18. My mother and father, __________________________ , live in China. (They are very respectful people.) 19. I resemble my mother more than my father, _________________________ . (He is a tall and lanky man.) 20. My brother, __________________________ , is not married. (He is 23 years old.

Adjective and Adverb Phrases On the line before each sentence, write ADJ if the underlined prepositional phrase is an adjective phrase or ADVB if it is an adverb phrase. ____ 1.The magician with his rabbit entertained the crowd. ____ 2.With the rabbit, the magician entertained the crowd. ____ 3.During the storm we were quite frightened. ____ 4.The noise during the storm frightened us. ____ 5.Some information in this book helped me with my report. ____ 6.Sean left his pencil in this book. ____ 7.We found the missing coins on the track. ____ 8.The shoes on the track are Roberta's. ____ 9.The news program at five o'clock features local stories. ____ 10.We ate dinner at five o'clock. ____ 11.These planes directly above us are moving quite rapidly. ____ 12.The planes moved very fast above us. ____ 13.These plans for the new recreation center are fabulous! ____ 14.Much money was donated for the new recreation center.

____ 15.In the taxi cab, we had a heated conversation. ____ 16.Our conversation in the taxi cab was heated. ____ 17.The benches in our backyard are brand new. ____ 18.Dad moved the benches into our backyard. ____ 19.Have you met our new senator from Vermont? ____ 20.We are four hours away from Vermont.

Adjective and Adverb Phrases

Underline the prepositional phrase in each sentence. Then write ADJ on the line before the sentence if the phrase is an adjective phrase or ADVB if it is an adverb phrase.

1. ____ The lawn was seeded today by the maintenance workers. 2. ____ We will open the museum's doors in a few minutes. 3. ____ Tickets to tomorrow night's concert will be sold starting this morning. 4. ____ There is a hint within every sentence. 5. ____ Several investigators asked us questions during their investigation. 6. ____ In fact, I do remember that funny incident. 7. ____ Water in this tank must be drained often. 8. ____ Without much fanfare the actress greeted her admiring fans. 9. ____ The student finished reading the book that was in her van. 10. ____ The Senior Citizens Center requested donations instead of something else. 11. ____ Barbara's bicycle with the basket should be moved soon. 12. ____ The view from Hester's living room is breathtaking. 13. ____ No lifeguard is on duty now. 14. ____ Such a wondrous event had not taken place near our house.

15. ____ Grab the rope with both hands. 16. ____ The buoy was bobbing in the bay. 17. ____ The boys in the ocean were bobbing. 18. ____ We had waited for a very long time. 19. ____ Rachel's look of surprise confused us. 20. ____ The minister looked up into the heavens.