Prepositional Phrases!!! 2/9 Grammar Monday Prepositional Phrases!!! 2/9

Agenda Announcements: Credit Recovery, Late Grades, Questions/Concerns Review Parts of Speech Review Common Prepositions Introduce Prepositional Phrases PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE! End Goal: Rock the ACT

8 Parts of Speech Noun Pronoun Adjective Adverb Verb Preposition Conjunction Interjection BONUS – Article!!!!!

Common Prepositions About Above Across Against Among Around Behind Below Beside Between For From Onto Inside Outside During Under Underneath Over Upon

Prepositional Phrases Modify verbs and nouns while indicating various relationships between subjects and verbs. Add information to sentences Add spice and variety to sentences Prepositional Phrase Starts with a preposition Ends with an object (the object of the prep)

Prepositional Phrases After several minutes we located the key for the door. Prepositional Phrase 1: After several minutes Prepositional Phrase 2: for the door

Prepositional Phrases The sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are moldy. WHICH SWEET POTATOES? in the vegetable bin PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE!

Prepositional Phrase When did Josh eat a sandwich? Before Class Before class, Josh ate a sandwich. When did Josh eat a sandwich? Before Class Prepositional Phrase

Identify all Parts of Speech AND Prep Phrase According to the weather forecast, it will rain today.

Example 1 Answer According to the weather forecast, it will rain today. According: Prep To: Prep The: Article Weather: Adjective Prep Phrase: Forecast: Noun According to the It: Pronoun weather forecast Will Rain: Verb Today: Noun

Example 2 I live near the ocean.

Example 2 Answer I live near the ocean. I: Pronoun Live: Verb Near: Prep The: Article Ocean: Noun Prep Phrase: near the ocean

Example 3 Hannah left the book under the table.

Example 3 Answer Hannah left the book under the table. Hannah: Noun Left: Verb The: Article Prep Phrase: Book: Noun Under the table Under: Prep The: Article Table: Noun

Example 4 Without a GPS, we will lose our way.

Example 4 Answer Without a GPS, we will lose our way. Without: Prep A: Article GPS: noun We: Pronoun Prep Phrase Will Lose: Verb Without a GPS Our: Pronoun Way: Noun