1. Subject/Predicate Bell Ringer…
1.) What part of speech (adjective, noun, verb, adverb, etc.) is the subject of a sentence?
2.) What part of speech (adjective, noun, verb, adverb, etc.) is the predicate of a sentence?

2. The Preposition and Prepositional Phrases
English I
Semester I
Take out your notes…

3. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Recognize a preposition when you see one.
Prepositions are the words that indicate location
Usually, prepositions show this location in the physical world. Check out the three examples below:

4. How many prepositions can you list?
Take a few minutes to jot down as many as you can…

5. List of Prepositions

6. Prepositional Phrase
Phrases are word clusters that DO NOT HAVE a subject and verb combination
A prepositional phrase is a word cluster containing a preposition, a noun or pronoun object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object
See next slide…

7. Example…

8. After several minutes, we located the key for the door.
It is useful to locate prepositional phrases in sentences since any noun or pronoun within the prepositional phrase cannot be misidentified as the subject of the sentence.
Cheat rule: the subject of the sentence will never be found in the prepositional phrase
Example:
After several minutes, we located the key for the door.
Prepositional Phrase
Simple Subject
Simple Predicate

9. Prepositional Phrase Preposition + noun in silence under the bridge
during the show