What is the prepostional phrase and indicate if it is adj or adv?
1) Mrs. Ruggiero loves to show pictures of her 5 grandchildren.
Prepositional phrase: of her five grandchildren
What does this phrase modify? Is that word a noun or verb?
Does it modify pictures and since its a noun would the prepostional phrase be an adj?
You are absolutely right!
In the sentence "Mrs. Ruggiero loves to show pictures of her 5 grandchildren," the prepositional phrase is "of her 5 grandchildren".
To identify the prepositional phrase, we need to look for a preposition (a word that indicates a relationship between other words in the sentence) followed by a noun or pronoun (the object of the preposition). In this case, the preposition is "of" and the object is "her 5 grandchildren".
Now, let's determine if the prepositional phrase is functioning as an adjective or adverb. Adjective phrases modify or describe nouns or pronouns, while adverb phrases modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or adverbs.
In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "of her 5 grandchildren" is describing the noun "pictures" - it tells us which pictures Mrs. Ruggiero loves to show. Therefore, it is functioning as an adjective phrase.
So, the prepositional phrase "of her 5 grandchildren" is an adjective phrase in the given sentence.