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1 Prepositional Phrases
Title your paper: Prepositional Phrases Notes. We will take notes after I take attendance. Prepositional Phrases How can I identify prepositions and their function in a sentence?

2 A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.
The baseball player in the white shirt hit a homerun.

3 Here is a list of the most common prepositions:
aboard along behind but (except) from off past until about amid below by in on since up above among beneath down inside onto through upon across around beside during into out to with after at between except near outside toward within against before beyond for of over under without

4 ______ her boat ______noon ______ a house ______ class
A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. (Add prepositions below.) ______ her boat ______noon ______ a house ______ class ______ the goat ______ a goon ______ a mouse _______ a pass

5 Always begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
Write sentences for these prepositional phrases: under the doors on the Lake Michigan shore near excellent schools

6 OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
The OP is the noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase. The baseball player in the white shirt hit a homerun.

7 OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase. on her boat before noon in a house during class near the goat about a goon under a mouse without a pass

8 Prepositions show relationship by:
A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship between two things Prepositions show relationship by: Location (on, under, in) Timing (before, after, during) Direction (from, toward, to)

9 Location The mouse is under the table. Under is a preposition!
Two things: mouse + table Relationship: one is under the other Under is a preposition!

10 Location Prepositions show the location or movement of an object in many different ways!

11 Timing Kate ate breakfast before her brother. Before is a preposition!
Two things: Kate + Kate’s brother Relationship: one is before the other Before is a preposition!

12 Timing Prepositions show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to time.

13 Direction or Movement The couple sailed across the vast lake.
Two things: couple + lake Relationship: one is crossing the other Across is a preposition!

14 Direction or Movement Prepositions show the relationship of a noun or pronoun in a direction or movement to another object.

15 Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs
Prepositional Phrases can function as Adjectives known as an adjective phrase Adverbs known as an adverb phrase

16 What do adjectives and adverbs modify?
Adjective phrases modify Nouns and Pronouns Adverbs phrases modify Verbs Adjectives and Other Adverbs

17 Which one? What kind? How many?
Modifies a noun or pronoun It answers the same questions an adjective would: Which one? What kind? How many? The puppy in the shop window jumped up.

18 Preposition as an adjective
If it functions as an adjective it is called an adjective phrase. The fabrics from the Orient were quite beautiful. What is your prepositional phrase? From the Orient What does it describe? Fabrics (the subject of the sentence)

19 Preposition as an adjective
These ancient hangings are tapestries from other lands. What is your prepositional phrase? From other lands What does it describe? Tapestries (the noun in the predicate)

20 Where? When? How? The puppy jumped to the food.
Modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb It answers the same questions an adverb would: Where? When? How? The puppy jumped to the food.

21 Preposition as an adverb
If it functions as an adverb, it is called an adverb phrase. The women are weaving on looms. What is your prepositional phrase? On looms What does it describe? Are weaving (on loom describes the verb)

22 Preposition as an adverb
That fabric looks great on you. What is your prepositional phrase? On you What does it modify? Great (it describes an adjective)

23 You MUST memorize the prepositions!
If there is no object of the preposition (if the preposition is not part of a phrase), then it is not a preposition—it is an adverb. RULE: Subjects and verbs will never be found in a prepositional phrase.

24 The gecko climbed up the wall.
In this example “up the wall” is a prepositional phrase. The gecko climbed up. In this example “up” is an adverb. The gecko climbed up on the wall. In this example “up” is an adverb and “on the wall” is the prepositional phrase. Is it functioning as an adjective or adverb?

25 The paper with the blue border is floating through the air.
Identify the prepositional phrases and the objects of the preposition in each sentence below. Tell whether each phrase is functioning as an adjective or adverb. The paper with the blue border is floating through the air. Jordan’s eyes sparkle like a sunny day. With great ease, Michael jumped up on the table.

26 The paper with the blue border is floating through the air.
Jordan’s eyes sparkle like a sunny day. With great ease, Michael jumped on the table. Prepositional phrase Object as as an adverb Object as as an adjective

27 The tadpoles are below the water’s surface.
adverb or preposition? The tadpoles are below the water’s surface. I jumped up, and Amy jumped down. Is Taylor near? Erin looked at the purple-haired boy.

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