Adjectival and adverbial prepositional phrases

• Adjective phrases


  Phrases that modify nouns or pronouns.
• Adverb phrases


  Modify verbs, adverbs or adjectives.
• What determines whether a prepositional phrase is adjectival or adverbial?

  It is the use of the phrase
• The same prepositional phrase could be an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase.
• Adverbial prepositional phrases

  Tells where, when, how or to what extent something is done.
• Adjectival prepositional phrases


  Describes a noun or pronoun