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LESSON OBJECTIVES
• Identify prepositional phrases.
• Edit texts adding prepositional
phrases to create certain effects.

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Phrase

Clause

Adjective

Adverb

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REVIEW
• What is a Phrase?
• A phrase is a group of words that
does not contain both
a subject and a verb
• common types of phrases are: noun,
verb, gerund, infinitive, appositive,
participial, and prepositional.

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Phrase or Clause
• A phrase is a group of words in
a sentence that does NOT contain a
subject and a verb.
• A clause is a group of words that has
both a subject and a predicate.
• Example He is playing in the field
• He is playing is
a clause (subject+verb) and in
the field is a phrase.
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Review
• An Adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun telling
• what kind, which one, how many, or how much.
• Ex: He writes meaningless letters.

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Review
• An adverb is a word
that modifies (describes)
• a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very
tall), another adverb (ended too quickly.)

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Prepositional Phrases

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Prepositional Phrases
• A prepositional phrase is a group of
words beginning with a preposition and
ending in a noun or pronoun

• The noun or pronoun that ends the


prepositional phrase is called the object
of the preposition

• Prepositional phrases usually do the work


of adjectives and adverbs in sentences.

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Prepositional Phrases
• Examples
– He sat in the desk.
• In is the preposition
• Desk is the object of the preposition
– She stole money from him.
• From is the preposition
• Him is the object of the preposition

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Adjective Phrases
• A prepositional phrase that modifies
a noun or pronoun is an adjective
phrase.

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Adjective Phrases
• Example
– Irish family---family from Ireland
• Irish is an adjective modifying family
• “from Ireland” is a prepositional
phrase modifying family
– Called an Adjective Phrase

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Adjective Phrases
• Example
– A hopeful sign---a sign of hope
• Hopeful is an adjective modifying
sign
• “of hope” is a prepositional phrase
modifying sign
– Called an Adjective Phrase

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Adverb Phrases
• A prepositional phrase that modifies
a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb is an adverb phrase.
• Adverb phrases tell when, where,
why, how, or to what extent.

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Adverb Phrases
• Example
– He lives above the restaurant.
• Above the restaurant is the
prepositional phrase
• The phrase modifies the verb lives
(where does he live)

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Adverb Phrases
• Example
– Students can leave after the bell.
• After the bell is the prepositional
phrase
• The phrase modifies the verb can
leave (when can they leave)

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Pairs activity
• Experienced writers often include more
than one prepositional phrase in a
sentence; however, it is important not to
overload your writing. Using too many
modifiers in a paragraph may create an
unintentionally comical effect as the
following example shows

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Pair activity
• The treasure lay buried under the old
oak tree, behind the crumbling
fifteenth-century wall, near the
schoolyard, where children played
merrily during their lunch hour,
unaware of the riches that remained
hidden beneath their feet.

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The previous sentence is far more
effective when written as two simpler
sentences:
-- The treasure lay buried under the
old oak tree, behind the crumbling
fifteenth-century wall. In the nearby
schoolyard, children played merrily
during their lunch hour, unaware of
the riches that remained hidden
beneath their feet.

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