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Prepositional Phrases
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What is a preposition?
- A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence
- A verb that shows action
- An adjective that modifies a noun or pronoun
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Prepositional phrases are groups of words that start with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun. They act as adjectives or adverbs to give more information about a noun or verb.
What are Prepositional Phrases?
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What is a prepositional phrase?
- A group of words consisting of a preposition and its object (a noun or pronoun)
- A group of words consisting of two adjectives and an adverb
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Work together in pairs: Which is an example of a prepositional phrase?
- over the moon
- ran around
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Which part of speech cannot be the object in a prepositional phrase?
- Verb
- Noun
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What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? Type it in the box. Mr. Tabor mowed the lawn on Sunday.
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What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? Type it in the box. At first, Mrs. Tabor was hoping she could sleep in.
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What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? Type it in the box. By the way, how is J.J. doing today?
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Extension Question! What is the object of the preposition in this sentence: The cat jumped on top of the table.
- Table
- Jumped
- Cat
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