Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

What do prepositions do?

• Show relationships between two different things in the sentence.

• Tells where the house is.

• Show an action.

• They are people, places, things or ideas.

What are the two rules of a prepositional phrase?

• They start with a preposition and end with the nearest noun or pronoun.

• They start with a preposition and end with the next preopsition.

• They start with a noun and end with a preopsition.

• They must be three words long.

What is an infinitive?

• A verb phrase that starts with the word "to" and is followed by a verb.

• Something that goes on for ever and ever.

• A made up thing.

• A sentence that tells someone what to do, like "Clean your room."

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

My friend and I decided to go to HolidayFest.

• to go

• to HolidayFest

• My friend and I

• decided to go

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

After it started snowing, I had to shovel our driveway.

• to shovel

• After it started snowing

• to shovel our driveway

• I had to

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

We were going to eat at the restaurant, but it was too crowded, so we left.

• to eat

• at the restaurant

• too crowded

• so we left

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

Later that evening, Santa came down the chimney.

• down the chimney

• Later that evening

• Santa came

• the chimney

What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?

After Rendi climbed up the shelves to get the rice bowl he fell into the jade gang.

• After Rendi

  up the shelves

  into the jade gang

• up the shelves

  to get

  into the jade

• climbed up

  he fell

• After Rendi

  to get

  into

What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?

The basketball rolled around the rim, bounced against the backboard and finally fell through the net.

• around the rim

  against the backboard

  through the net

• rolled around

  bounced against

  fell through

• around

  against

  through

• the rim

  the backboard

  the net

What are the prepositions in this sentence?

The dog ran up the road, into the house and onto the bed.

• up

  into

  onto

• road

  house

  bed

• dog

• up

  the

  road