Prepositions EG, Unit 5, Lesson 17

SSWBAT: 1.Provide a meaning-based definition of a preposition that will be helpful to students even if it is incomplete.

Definition Prepositions are words, usually small, that typically indicate information about direction, location, or time. to the north, near downtown, after this class

SSWBAT: 2.List at least 10 commonly used prepositions. about, above, across, along, beneath, before, behind, by, during, down, for, from, in, into, like, near, of, off, out, over, since, through, up, with, within, without

SSWBAT: 3.State 2 sentence frames that can be used to identify many prepositions. One for location & one for time

Sentence frames a)I walked _____ the table. (location) under, over, near, to, from, behind, toward, on, onto, below, in front of, upon, around, along, across

Sentence frames b)It happened ____ that time. (time) at, near, before, after, during, since, within, around, after, by

Review 1.Provide a meaning based definition of a preposition. 2.List any 10 commonly used prepositions. 3.Provide 2 sentence frames that can help you identify prepositions.

SSWBAT: 4.Identify if to is part of a an infinitive phrase or a prepositional phrase. Infinitive phrase = to + verb Prepositional phrase = to + noun phrase (NP)

To: infinitive or preposition? Infinitive: want to ___ to go to the chair to truth to believe to Kansas City

SSWBAT: 5.Name what is included in a prepositional phrase and provide multiple examples. PP = Prep + NP NP = (DETs) + (ADJs) + N; PRONOUN

Components of a PP After lunch After you After the first inning After that unexpected, unfortunate event

Review 4.Identify if to starts an infinitive phrase or a prepositional phrase. 5.Name the components of a prepositional phrase and provide examples.

SSWBAT: 6.List at least 5 multiword prepositions (“compound prepositions”/“phrasal prepositions”).

Multiword prepositions ahead of, on top of, in front of, instead of, in spite of, out of, because of, by means of, for the sake of, inside of, on account of

Multiword prepositions up to, in order to, in addition to, over to together with, along with across from

SSWBAT: 7.Name the most common last element of multiword prepositions. of

Review 6.List any 5 multiword (/compound/phrasal) prepositions. 7.Name the most common final element of multiword prepositions.

SSWBAT: 8.Describe a test that might distinguish a phrasal verb plus its object from a verb + a prepositional phrase. (Review) Particle movement, synonym = verb

Phrasal verb or verb + preposition Take off your hat Take your hat off--phrasal V + object “remove” Put off the test Put the test off “delay”

Phrasal verb or verb + preposition Turn off the road *Turn the road off” No synonym for “turn off” Turn off the lights Turn the lights off “extinguish”

Phrasal verb or verb + preposition Ask around town *Ask town around No synonym for “ask around” Move around the furniture Move the furniture around “rearrange”

SSWBAT: 9.Identify prepositions within sentences. Practice activities, homework

Review 8.Describe a test that might distinguish phrasal verbs + their objects from verbs + prepositional phrases. 9.Identify prepositions within sentences.