1. Notes – Prepositional Phrases and Subject Complements

2. Review: What are each of the following? Subject Subject Verb Verb Direct Object Direct Object Indirect Object Indirect Object

3. Prepositional Phrases Start with a preposition Start with a preposition Ends with an object Ends with an object An object will be a noun or a pronoun An object will be a noun or a pronoun Example: Towards the east. Example: Towards the east.

4. What are your prepositional phrases? After the movie we will go home. After the movie we will go home. It is under the dresser. It is under the dresser. The book of stories is long. The book of stories is long.

5. Types of Verbs Action Verbs – kick, swim, buy Action Verbs – kick, swim, buy Linking Verbs – is, was, smells Linking Verbs – is, was, smells Helping Verbs – did ____, has ____ Helping Verbs – did ____, has ____ You need to know action and linking verbs for now You need to know action and linking verbs for now

6. Linking Verbs Are… Any form of to be Any form of to be Examples – is, am, were, are, Examples – is, am, were, are, Other words that can be replaced with a form of to be and make sense Other words that can be replaced with a form of to be and make sense Examples – feel, taste, become, smell, sound grow appear Examples – feel, taste, become, smell, sound grow appear These examples are not always linking verbs, but when they are not actively being done, they are linking verbs. These examples are not always linking verbs, but when they are not actively being done, they are linking verbs.

7. Subject Complements These follow linking verbs. These follow linking verbs. A subject complement will either describe a subject or rename a subject. A subject complement will either describe a subject or rename a subject. If you have a linking verb and something following it, that something will be a subject complement. If you have a linking verb and something following it, that something will be a subject complement.

8. Subject Complements He is annoyed. He is annoyed. You look tired. You look tired. He looked over the field. – No subject complement He looked over the field. – No subject complement The soup tasted delicious. The soup tasted delicious.

9. Practice: Identify any subjects, objects, prepositional phrases, and subject complements. He bought me a box of chocolates yesterday. He bought me a box of chocolates yesterday. The book of short stories was extremely interesting. The book of short stories was extremely interesting. The soup smelled delicious. The soup smelled delicious. She smelled the bowl of soup. She smelled the bowl of soup.