Parts of Speech - Prepositions

Parts of Speech

Prepositions

Pre-Test

This is just to help me know where we are as a class

Multiple Choice

A Preposition is...

• a word used with a noun or pronoun to create a phrase. 

• a word that joins words or a group of words.

• a word that describes a noun or pronoun.

• 
  a word that desribes a verb, adjective, or an adverb. 

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of prepositions?

• Toward

• With

• Was

• In

• Got

Multiple Select

It is okay to end a sentence with a preposition.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Prepositions can tell you...

• why something happens

• what happened

• where something is

• when something happens

Great Work!

Now, let's review prepositions

A Preposition is...

• a word used with a noun or pronoun to create a prepositional phrase.

• For example: "in the house", "under the water", "by the canyon"

Ms. Thompson is in the school

• What is the relationship between Ms. Thompson and the school?

• She is not under the school, by the school, or next to the school. She is in the school.

School House Rock - "Busy Prepositions"

it's a bit dated, but see what you can learn from this video about prepositions or prepositional phrases.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avC53wsZiJA&t=93s

Open Ended

What was something you learned about prepositions or prepositional phrases form the School House Rock video?

Ending a sentence

• People used to say you could never end a sentence with a preposition, however, that it not always the case. If you can change the order of the words, great! Sometimes it can just make the sentence unclear.

• For example: A senator is someone to whom most people upwardly look vs. A senator is someone most people look up to.

• Is there another way we could word this to not have a preposition at the end?

Let's Practice!

Prepositional Worksheet

Please take the time to complete the prepositional worksheet. We will be turning them in at the beginning of next class period.