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| a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, and adjective, or an adverb |
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| a word, a phrase, or a clause that describes and modifies, or changes the meaning of a word |
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| a noun or a pronoun that follows a preposition and completes its meaning |
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| a word group that acts as one part of speech in a sentence |
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| a group of words that begins with a preposition and usually ends with the noun or a pronoun that is the object of the preposition |
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| Adverbs can modify __, ___, and other ___. |
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| verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs |
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| If you can move a prepositional phrase to another part of the sentence and the sentence still makes sense, the phrase is probably ____ |
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| a noun or pronoun that renames or explains another noun or pronoun |
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| a noun or a pronoun and its modifiers that together rename or explain another noun or pronoun |
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| appositives are usually positioned next to the word they explain-- they can come __ or ___ that word |
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| both appositives and appositive phrases are usually set off with commas |
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| a phrase that seems to modify a word other than the one intended |
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