1. Phrases: PREPOSITIONAL, PARTICIPLE, GERUND, INFINITIVE, APPOSITIVE

2. Prepositional phrase  Definition: Begins with a preposition  Example: Michael is sore from yesterday’s long soccer practice.

3. Prepositions  At  In  From  With  By  About  Under  Along  Inside  Beside  Without  On  Before  After  Until  Across  Around  Between  Beneath  Behind  In front of

4. Infinitive Phrase:  Definition: An infinitive phrase will begin with an infinitive (to + simple form of the verb).  Example: Maria hopes to win the approval of her mother by improving her GPA.

5. Participial Phrase  Definition: The phrase will begin with a present or past participial  Example: Walking on the beach, Delia dodged the jellyfish that had washed ashore.  Disclaimer: ending with –ing does not always mean a gerund phrase

6. Participial v. Gerund phrase  Participial function as adjectives  Gerunds function as nouns  Participial example: Walking on the beach, Dalia dodged the jellyfish that had washed ashore.  Gerund example: Walking on the beach is painful if jellyfish have washed ashore.

7. Appositive Phrase  Definition: A noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.  Example: The insect, a disturbingly large and hairy cockroach, crawled across the kitchen table.  Example: Gus, Erica’s black and white cat, slowly crept up behind the couch..  They couldn’t believe when the little boy stood up to John, the biggest bully in the whole school!

8. Phrases  Turn the page and begin working on the worksheet. You have 5 minutes to complete the worksheet.

9. Compete: Prepositional phrase  Write a sentence with a prepositional phrase.  Each person must write a prepositional phrase and contribute to the group.  When the timer goes off, hold up the one you think is the more creative.  Leader stands up and reads sentence.  Groups rate it on a scale of 1-3.  1 = sentence doesn’t make sense  3 = makes sense and is super creative!!

10. Compete: Infinitive  Write a sentence with an infinitive phrase.  Each person must write an infinitive phrase and contribute to the group.  When the timer goes off, hold up the one you think is the most creative.  Leader stands up and reads sentence.  Groups rate it on a scale of 1-3.  1 = sentence doesn’t make sense  3 = makes sense and is super creative!!

11. Compete: Participial  Write a sentence with a prepositional phrase.  Each person must write a prepositional phrase and contribute to the group.  When the timer goes off, hold up the one you think is the more creative.  Leader stands up and reads sentence.  Groups rate it on a scale of 1-3.  1 = sentence doesn’t make sense  3 = makes sense and is super creative!!

12. Compete: Gerund  Write a sentence with a gerund phrase.  Each person must write a gerund phrase and contribute to the group.  When the timer goes off, hold up the one you think is the more creative.  Leader stands up and reads sentence.  Groups rate it on a scale of 1-3.  1 = sentence doesn’t make sense  3 = makes sense and is super creative!!

13. Compete: Appositive  Write a sentence with a appositive phrase.  Each person must write a appositive phrase and contribute to the group.  When the timer goes off, hold up the one you think is the more creative.  Leader stands up and reads sentence.  Groups rate it on a scale of 1-3.  1 = sentence doesn’t make sense  3 = makes sense and is super creative!!