1. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
Will not be the subject or verb of a sentence

2. Prepositional Phrases
Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
After dinner
-AFTER is the preposition
-DINNER is the noun
-AFTER DINNER is the prep. phrase
Without you
-____________ is the preposition
-_____________ is the pronoun
-_____________ is the prep. phrase

3. Subjects/Verbs Cross out prepositional phrases
Subject: Find WHO or WHAT the sentence is about
Verb: WHAT HAPPENED or WHAT “IS”
The man with his son walked toward me.
Some of the ducklings waddled past us.
A book of stamps lay on the table.

4. Objects of Prepositions
Prep. Phrases must end with a noun or pronoun
That noun/pronoun is called the object of the preposition
To the store
With me
Sometimes the prep. will have more than one object (compound)
Two or more nouns/pronouns following prep.
To the store and post office
With John and me

5. Compound Subjects Two or more subjects in a sentence
During the snow storm, the boys and girls rushed home
Neither my dad nor my mom went to Mexico.
Ms. Jones, Mr. Raimo, and Mrs. Burnhart will be in the office from nine until five.

6. Common Helping Verbs
Do, does did
Has have had
Is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being
May, must, might
Should, could, would
Shall, will, can
NOT is never a verb. Do not underline not as part of verb phrase
The child with the red hair did not sit still.
He shouldn’t have given his comb to me.
This house is not for sale.
“NOT in a box.”

7. Infinitives TO + VERB is an infinitive.
TO + VERB is not a prep. Phrase
To dance, to sing, to jump, to tackle, to be, to go
I like to sing in the morning
- in the morning: prep. Phrase
-to sing: infinitive
Infinitives in parenthesis (to sing)

8. Imperatives Imperative sentences give a command. You is UNDERSTOOD YOU
Go down the street.
-(You) Go down the street.
Please look at me.
-(You) Please look at me.
Put the scissors in the drawer.

9. Preposition or Adverb? Prepositions must be part of a prep. phrase
No noun or pronoun that follows it (no object), preposition is not crossed out
The dog squeezed in through the doggie door
After lunch the guests walked out into the garden