Prep Phrases 2/5

Open Ended

How does the portrayal of downsizing on social media influence societal attitudes towards minimalism and "de-infliuencing", and what does this reveal about changing values in modern society?

Aim: Students will be able to turn fragments into sentences about the home using vocabulary and the text "Downsizing Isn't Just For Empty Nesters".

Language Aim: I can identify a prepositional phrase and turn it into a sentence.

Un sintagma preposicional es un grupo de palabras que comienzan con una preposición y terminan con un sustantivo o pronombre, que se denomina objeto de la preposición.

Examples of Prepositional Phrases

• The banker with the red face nervously counted the money. (the noun, banker, is being modified)

• Those by the door are packaged and ready to ship. (the pronoun, those, is being modified)

• We raced toward the door when the bell rang. (the verb, raced, is being modified)

• I am very energetic without drinking coffee or tea. (the adjective, energetic, is being modified)

• I walked carefully near the fragile house of cards. (the adverb, carefully, is being modified).

Multiple Choice

Select the two words that make up the prepositional phrase.

Will you sit beside me?

• beside me

• you sit