The Phrase (Prepositional Phrase)

Back in 1993, linguist Michael Lewis published ‘The Lexical Approach’ in which he explained that language “consists of chunks which, when combined, produce continuous coherent text”. Further research by linguistics such as Norbert Schmitt suggests that our brains naturally store language in these ‘chunks’ and that it influences up to 50% of the language we use every day.

This is why learning phrases are so important when it comes to language learning.

The Phrase

​The Prepositional Phrase

​On a whiteboard...

​On a whiteboard...

​Slap the card...phrase/not a phrase

​Clumsy Cowboy, he keeps getting hurt. “How did Clumsy Cowboy get hurt?" Each clumsy action must include a prepositional phrase such as “ran into the wall,” “tripped on a snake” or “slipped on a banana peel.” Each person writes their situations on a whiteboard