Language Checkpoint- Using Prepositions

Language Checkpoint- Using Prepositions

By Lia Jordan

Please take notes on your guided notes worksheet!

This assignment will be a grade, so pay attention and do your best!

Identifying Prepositions​

A preposition is one of the most common types of words used in the English language.

A preposition's job is to describe the relationship between different things. (Where are they? How are they? When are they?)

Prepositions help writers add detail and communicate clearly.

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Common Prepositions Include:

above

below

before

after

under

over

to​

with

for

on

off

in

at by​

Identifying Prepositions Example

What are the prepositions in these statements?​

We are in the classroom.

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She is at her desk.

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His backpack is under the table.

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The class before this left a mess.​

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Read the following line from "The Raven." Identify and write the preposition in the space provided:

I remember it was in the bleak December.

Multiple Choice

What relationship does the preposition describe in the folllowing line from "The Raven":

I remember it was in the bleak December

• Where was it?

• How was it?

• When was it?

• What was it?

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Read the following line from "The Raven." Identify and write the preposition in the space provided:

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,

Multiple Choice

What relationship does the preposition describe in the following line from "The Raven":

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,

• Tapping when?

• Tapping where?

• Tapping what?

• Tapping who?

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Read the following line from "The Raven." Identify and write the preposition in the space provided:

Nameless here for evermore.

Multiple Choice

What relationship does the preposition describe in the following line from "The Raven":

Nameless here for evermore

• How long?

• How far?

• How much?

• How many?

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Read the following line from "The Raven." Identify and write the preposition in the space provided:

Ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door--

Multiple Choice

What relationship does the preposition describe in the following line from "The Raven":

Ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door--

• When?

• What?

• Who?

• Where?

Identifying Prepositional Phrases

A prepositional phrase does the same job as a preposition but is made up of a group of words. A prepositional phrase includes the preposition and its object.

Here are some examples of prepositional phrases (in bold):

• My cousin went to the haunted house.

• He arrived at home just in time to close the windows and dim the lights.

Multiple Choice

Select the prepositional phrase in the following lines from "The Raven":

but, with mien of lord and lady, perched above my chamber door

• but

• with mien of lord and lady

• perched

• above my chamber door

Multiple Choice

Select the prepositional phrase in the following lines from "The Raven":

To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;

• into my bosom's core

• the fowl whose

• now burned

• fiery eyes

Multiple Choice

Select the prepositional phrase in the following line from "The Raven":

but the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling

• but the Raven

• still beguiling

• my sad fancy

• into smiling

Practice with Prepositions

On the next few slides, fill in the blank with one of the common prepositions that could start the prepositional phrase. There may be more than one correct option.

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Use the common prepositions on your guided notes to help you!​

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The raven flew

the house during the storm.

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The medicine was combined

water so that it could be drunk.

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The fish remained

the water to avoid the raven circling above the lake.

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The lights went out

the storm even hit the shore.

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Everyone in this town will benefit

the new hospital.

​Prepositions and Subject-Verb Agreement

Proper writing has clear subject-verb agreement. Singular nouns need singular verbs, and plural nouns need plural verbs.

• EX: The raven squawks or The ravens squawk.

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The verb of a sentence must always agree with the subject of the sentence, not with the object of a preposition.

• EX: The players on the baseball team were disappointed when they lost the championship game.

(The subject is players, a plural noun. On the baseball team is the prepositional phrase with a singular object. The verb “were” agrees with the plural subject players.)

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Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence below by writing the correct form of the verb on the line:

The men in the story (goes/go)

crazy with fear.

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Complete the sentence below by writing the correct form of the verb on the line:

The storms off the coast (is coming/are coming)

ashore.

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Complete the sentence below by writing the correct form of the verb on the line:

His house in the mountains (is/are)

very, very spooky.

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Complete the sentence below by writing the correct form of the verb on the line:

The terrifying black raven flying above their homes (scare/scares)

them all.

Let's review what you have learned in this lesson!

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Review!

Multiple Choice

A preposition's job is to...

• explain where things are located

• describe the relationship between different things

• add clarity and detail to your writing

• describe how much two things are alike

Multiple Choice

Common prepositions are...

• above, for, on, at

• home, raven, fish, with

• leave, below, for, maybe

• before, simple, to, appear

Multiple Choice

A prepositional phrase has _________ as a preposition, but ____________.

• a different job; is made up of a group of words

• the same job; is made up of a group of words

• the same job; is only one word

• a different job; is only one word

Poll

How do you feel about prepositions after this lesson?

• I got this! I could teach my classmates!

• I'm good, but I want to practice more!

• I'm still confused!

• What is a preposition?