How do adjective and adverb phrases relate to prepositional phrases?

Adjectives and Adverb phrases relate to prepositional phrases because if you remember what an adjective is, it describes a noun and then an adverb i believe can describe a verb, adjective, and other adverbs. Both adjective and adverb phrases contain prepositions, there fore relating them to prepositional phrases I hope this is what you were looking for and answered your question... :)

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."