PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES Will not be the subject or verb of a sentence

Prepositional Phrases Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun After dinner -AFTER is the preposition -DINNER is the noun -AFTER DINNER is the prep. phrase Without you -____________ is the preposition -_____________ is the pronoun -_____________ is the prep. phrase

Subjects/Verbs Cross out prepositional phrases Subject: Find WHO or WHAT the sentence is about Verb: WHAT HAPPENED or WHAT “IS” The man with his son walked toward me. Some of the ducklings waddled past us. A book of stamps lay on the table.

Objects of Prepositions Prep. Phrases must end with a noun or pronoun That noun/pronoun is called the object of the preposition To the store With me Sometimes the prep. will have more than one object (compound) Two or more nouns/pronouns following prep. To the store and post office With John and me

Compound Subjects Two or more subjects in a sentence During the snow storm, the boys and girls rushed home Neither my dad nor my mom went to Mexico. Ms. Jones, Mr. Raimo, and Mrs. Burnhart will be in the office from nine until five.

Common Helping Verbs Do, does did Has have had Is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being May, must, might Should, could, would Shall, will, can NOT is never a verb. Do not underline not as part of verb phrase The child with the red hair did not sit still. He shouldn’t have given his comb to me. This house is not for sale. “NOT in a box.”

Infinitives TO + VERB is an infinitive. TO + VERB is not a prep. Phrase To dance, to sing, to jump, to tackle, to be, to go I like to sing in the morning - in the morning: prep. Phrase -to sing: infinitive Infinitives in parenthesis (to sing)

Imperatives Imperative sentences give a command. You is UNDERSTOOD YOU Go down the street. -(You) Go down the street. Please look at me. -(You) Please look at me. Put the scissors in the drawer.

Preposition or Adverb? Prepositions must be part of a prep. phrase No noun or pronoun that follows it (no object), preposition is not crossed out The dog squeezed in through the doggie door After lunch the guests walked out into the garden