Phrases: Prepositions, Appositives, and Verbals

Phrases that Modify

​Prepositions, Appositives, and Verbals

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Where is the wind?

"If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me / One day I'll know / how far I'll go"

​Examples

​At home

   At = preposition; home = noun.

■In time

  In = preposition; time = noun.

■From my amazing grandma

   From = PREP; my = ADJ; amazing = ADJ; grandma = Obj of Prep.

Multiple Choice

Which is a prepositional phrase?

"If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me"

Choose ONE answer.

• in my sail

• on the sea

• behind me

• ALL of these

Open Ended

Write a prepositional phrase based on the image.

Open Ended

Write a prepositional phrase based on the image.

Open Ended

Write a prepositional phrase based on the image.

Open Ended

Write a prepositional phrase based on the image.

Multiple Choice

A preposition

• is the position of a word.

• shows location, time, or movement of a noun or pronoun.

• shows the verb.

• shows who, what, when, where, and why.

Multiple Choice

Find the PREPOSITION:

Fifi jumped into the air to get her treat.

• jumped

• the

• into

• to

Multiple Choice

Find the PREPOSITION:

People waited for hours to get tickets.

• waited

• for

• to

• get

Multiple Choice

Find the PREPOSITION:

I rode my bike up the big hill.

• up

• rode

• big

• the

Multiple Choice

Find the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE(S):

We ate German food at the new restaurant.

• We ate

• at the

• at the new restaurant

• the new restaurant

Multiple Choice

Find the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES (choose ONE)

During the summer, we played basketball at the park.

• During the summer / basketball at

• we played basketball / the summer

• at the park / played basketball

• During the summer / at the park

Multiple Choice

Find the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE(S):

As angry as she was, Angie kept control of her temper.

• angry as she

• of her temper

• Angie kept control

• she was