Prepositions

Warm-Up If you could visit any three places in the world, where would they be? (doesn’t have to be full sentences)

List of Prepositions above beneath down like regarding until at before during   unto across between near since up along beside except upon amid behind for of throughout among below from on to with after beyond over through within around but in outside towards without atop by inside off about into under against concerning past underneath

Object of the Preposition 2. Object of the Preposition (OP)-- the who or what in a prepositional phrase EX: I went by the store. By = preposition I went by what? The store. Store = object of the preposition EX: Angelica went home without her sister.

“From the dark of the night came the screams of the young girl “From the dark of the night came the screams of the young girl.” In pairs or individually, figure out how many prepositional phrases are in the sentence above.

“From the dark of the night came the screams of the young girl.”

Prepositions Activity With a partner or by yourself, identify every prepositional phrase in the sentences on the worksheet. Please reference your prepositions list as needed.

7th period

The Prepositional Phrase Effect What do prepositional phrases add to a sentence? Today is the best day in the entire year because I finally won the lottery. Without the murder weapon, the prosecution had a weak case against her. I stopped before the halfway point in the hike up South Mountain.

The Prepositional Phrase Effect (cont.) Today is the best day in the entire year because I finally won the lottery. Without the murder weapon, the prosecution had a weak case against her. I stopped before the halfway point in the hike up South Mountain. What did the prepositional phrases add to these sentences?

Writing with Prepositional Phrases The beach is a welcoming vacation spot. It’s sunny and warm, and the water is cool. Whenever my family visits the beach, we spend hours swimming and playing. I help my little brother build sand castles while my parents surf. Going home is disappointing, but we return every year.