Phrases and Clauses

More Phrases!

Learning Goal

​I can identify the phrase in a sentence.

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• Gives more information ​to a sentence

Definition

Review of: What is a phrase?

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• Tells us where or when something is compared to something else

​Definition

Prepositions

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Direction: ​Look to the left.

Time: We've been working since the morning.

Location: We saw a movie at the theater.

Spacial:​ The dog hid under the table.

Examples​

• direction

• time

• location

• spatial relationships​

They tell us:​

Types of Prepositions

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Multiple Choice

What type of preposition is: To the store

• Direction

• Time

• Spacial

• Location

Multiple Choice

What type of preposition is: at 10 o'clock.

• Direction

• Time

• Location

• Spacial

Multiple Choice

What type of preposition is: at the park.

• Direction

• Time

• Location

• Spacial

Multiple Choice

What type of preposition is: next to the milk.

• Direction

• Time

• Location

• Spacial

More Examples

• ​Sam left his jacket in the car.

• ​Did you send a card to your mother?

• ​Dan ate lunch with his teacher.

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The cat is hiding under the ​kitchen table. ​

• Under is the preposition

• Under the table is the phrase ​

Example

• ​Includes a preposition and an object

Definition

Prepositional Phrases

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More examples

​These give the sentence more information

• ​on Monday

• ​with his siblings

• ​in the store

• ​for his birthday

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Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase: Bob shot the ball in the hoop.

• Bob shot

• the ball

• in the hoop

• hoop

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase: The present inside the box.

• The present

• inside the box

• box

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase: The cereal is behind the milk.

• behind the milk

• the cereal

• milk

• cereal

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase: His shoe is under the bed.

• His shoe

• under the bed

• shoe

• bed

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase: She got her dress from Macy's.

• She got

• her dress

• from Macy's

• Macy's