A prepositional phrase is a group of words introduced by a preposition, with a noun or a pronoun as the object of the preposition. Examples:
A predicate noun (or predicate nominative) is a noun or a pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or modifies a subject. Example:
Yes, a predicate nominative can be in the form of a prepositional phrase. Example: Mary is in a hurry. (the prepositional phrase 'in a hurry' renames the subject 'Mary')A predicate adjective can't be in the form of a prepositional phrase because an adjective can't be the object of a preposition. An adjective can be part of a prepositional phrase when it is describing the noun object of the preposition.Example: Mary is in a big hurry. (the object of the preposition is the noun 'hurry', the predicate nominative)
Normally a prepositional phrase ends with the noun that forms its object.
A prepositional phrase can come before a noun (or pronoun):At the party Jack played the piano.A prepositional phrase includes a noun (or pronoun):Jack played the piano at the party.A prepositional phrase can come after a noun (or pronoun):Jack played the piano at the party.A prepositional phrase can come after a verb:Jack played at the party.
No, "spoke" is not a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase typically includes a preposition (such as "at," "in," "on") followed by a noun or pronoun. "Spoke" is a verb.
Below is an example a sentence with a noun phrase and three prepositional phrases: A group of students (noun phrases) were sitting on a bench (prepositional phrase) in the garden (prepositional phrase) across the road (prepositional phrase).Also - were sitting - is a verb phrase
No, a predicate adjective can't be in the form of a prepositional phrase because an adjective can't be the object of a preposition. An adjective can be part of a prepositional phrase when it is describing the noun object of the preposition. Example: Mary is in a big hurry. (the object of the preposition is the noun 'hurry', the predicate nominative; the adjective 'big' describes the noun 'hurry')
The prepositional phrase 'in black' modifies the noun 'woman'. The prepositional phrase 'at the woman in black' is the predicate object of the sentence.
Yes, a predicate nominative can be in the form of a prepositional phrase. Example: Mary is in a hurry. (the prepositional phrase 'in a hurry' renames the subject 'Mary')A predicate adjective can't be in the form of a prepositional phrase because an adjective can't be the object of a preposition. An adjective can be part of a prepositional phrase when it is describing the noun object of the preposition.Example: Mary is in a big hurry. (the object of the preposition is the noun 'hurry', the predicate nominative)
A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun is an adjective prepositional phrase. An adjective prepositional phrase almost always follows the noun/pronoun it modifies.
There actually is no prepositional phrase in that sentence. is = verb (copula) this = subject (demonstrative pronoun) the road = predicate nominative (determiner/article + noun) to take = infinitive phrase (a kind of verb phrase), modifying "the road"
A noun can not be part of a simple predicate, because a simple predicate only includes the verb phrase. The complete predicate, however, may contain nouns, because it includes the verb phrase and any of its objects (Direct and Indirect - which can be nouns and pronouns) and modifiers (which may include adverbial and adjective phrases -- prepositional phrases which have noun or pronoun objects).
Normally a prepositional phrase ends with the noun that forms its object.
A prepositional phrase can come before a noun (or pronoun):At the party Jack played the piano.A prepositional phrase includes a noun (or pronoun):Jack played the piano at the party.A prepositional phrase can come after a noun (or pronoun):Jack played the piano at the party.A prepositional phrase can come after a verb:Jack played at the party.
An object of the preposition is a noun that ends the prepositional phrase as in the following sentence: She looked at the nurse. The prepositional phrase is "at the nurse." The preposition is "at" and the objective if the preposition is "nurse." A predicate nominative follows a linking verb and renames the subject as in the following sentence: My sister is a nurse. The linking verb is "is" and the predicate nominative is "nurse" which renames the subject "sister."
No, "spoke" is not a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase typically includes a preposition (such as "at," "in," "on") followed by a noun or pronoun. "Spoke" is a verb.
The noun is the object of the preposition in a prepositional phrase. Examples:He ran to school.We made more of the cupcakes.They brought fruit from the farmer's market.
Below is an example a sentence with a noun phrase and three prepositional phrases: A group of students (noun phrases) were sitting on a bench (prepositional phrase) in the garden (prepositional phrase) across the road (prepositional phrase).Also - were sitting - is a verb phrase