Prepositional phrases

Phrases: Prepositional and Verbal Phrases














Beatrice Ekesa

Standard/Indicator

W.4.1. When writing: a. use nouns, verbs, prepositional and verbal phrases to communicate different meanings.

Objective

Use nouns, verbs, prepositional, and verbal phrases to communicate different meanings when writing.

Open Ended

How will you know that you are successful in this lesson?

(Begin with: I will know I am successful if I can...)

Success Criteria!

I can use nouns, verbs, prepositional, and verbal phrases to communicate different meanings when writing.

Warm-Up Activity

Parts of Speech

Multiple Choice

Identify the nouns in the sentence below:

Fall is the most beautiful season in my area.

• fall, most, beautiful

• fall, season, area

• fall, is, beautiful

• the, most, my

Multiple Choice

Identify the pronouns in the following sentence.

She rallied everyone against her opponent.

• She, everyone, her

• rallied, everyone, opponent

• she, against, her,

• everyone, her, opponent

Multiple Choice

Identify the verbs in the following sentence.

Jane walked to the podium and waved to the audience.

• Jane, podium,

• walked, audience

• walked, waved

• to, the

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjectives in the sentence below.

She made a delicious meal for the hungry children.

• she, made

• delicious, meal

• hungry, children

• delicious, hungry

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.

James arrived early for the ceremony.

• James

• arrived

• early

• ceremony

Multiple Choice

Identify the prepositions in the following sentence.

Miriam arrived at the wedding ceremony in time to witness the exchange of vows

• Miriam, wedding, witness

• arrived, witness, exchange

• ceremony, exchange, vows

• at, in, of

Open Ended

Fill in the blank space with a preposition.

_______ her birthday

Prepositions

Prepositions

-A preposition is word that is used in a sentence to indicate direction, time, place, location, and relationship in a sentence.

-A preposition is used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.

-A preposition is also used to introduce the object in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a preposition.

• from

• aboard

• beside

• passed

Open Ended

Fill in the blank space with a suitable preposition.

_________ her birthday.

Open Ended

Fill in the blank space with a suitable preposition.

_______ my cabin.

Open Ended

Fill in the blank space with a suitable preposition.

_________ the bridge

Phrases

A Phrase

-A phrase is a group of words that stand together as a unit, forming part of a clause.
-A phrase cannot make meaning on its own.
-A phrase requires other words to make meaning

Prepositional Phrases

A Prepositional phrase contains the following:
1. Preposition
2. Noun/pronoun
3. Modifier of the noun/pronoun
Example: Melissa was nervous during the auditions.

Prepositional Phrases

-A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends in a noun or pronoun.
-The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase is called the "object of the preposition."

Multiple Choice

A prepositional phrase contains a preposition, noun/pronoun, and modifier.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.

The missing woman was found safe in an abandoned house.

• The missing woman

• was found safe

• in an abandoned house

• an abandoned house

Multiple Choice

Which is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.

She used a raft to sail across the river

• She used a raft

• to sail

• to sail across

• across the river

Multiple Choice

Which is the prepositional phrase in the sentence below.

The girl in the middle row needs your attention.

• The girl

• in the middle row

• needs your attention

• None of the above

Object of the preposition

-A prepositional phrase usually begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
-The noun or pronoun that comes at the end of a prepositional phrase is called the object of the preposition.
-Example 1:
Shaquisha danced elegantly to the rhythm of the song.
Explanation:
Prepositional phrase: to the rhythm of the song.
Object of the preposition: song. (noun)

Object of the Preposition

-The noun or pronoun that comes at the end of a prepositional phrase is called the object of the preposition.
Example 2:
The schedule is convenient for me.
Prepositional phrase: for them.
Object of the preposition: me (pronoun)

Multiple Choice

Identify the object of the preposition

Alicia jumped on the deck.

• deck

• on

• Alicia

• jumped

Multiple Choice

Identify the object of the preposition.

I will wait for you.

• will

• wait

• for

• you

Types of Prepositional Phrases

There are two types of prepositional phrases:
1. Adjective phrases.
2. Adverb phrases.

Prepositional Phrases: Adjective Phrases

-When a prepositional phrase functions as an adjective it modifies a noun or a pronoun.
-An adjective phrase gives us more information about a noun or pronoun.
-An adjective phrase always comes immediately after the noun or pronoun it modifies.
Example:
She greeted the man on her left.
Alvaro visited the building across the street.

Open Ended

Use the adjective phrase below to write a sentence.

on my right

Open Ended

Use the adjective phrase below to write a sentence.

across the street

Prepositional Phrases: Adverb Phrases

-When prepositional phrases function as adverbs they modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
Examples 1:
-She hid inside the bus.
-The underlined adverb phrase modifies the verb hid.
Example 2:
-This module is suitable for you.
-The underlined adverb phrase modifies the adjective suitable.
Example 3:
-The winner walked majestically to the podium.
-The underlined adverb phrase modifies the adverb majestically.

Open Ended

Use the adverb phrase below to write a sentence.

inside the bus

Open Ended

Use the adverb phrase below to write a sentence.

for you

Open Ended

Use the adverb phrase below to write a sentence.

to the podium

Now go forth and use prepositional phrases in your work!