Download Prepositional Phrases

Phrases
A quick review… if you really don’t
remember any of this, please see
me for individual help.
PHRASES
Appositives
Prepositional
Verbal
ADJ
ADV
Participial
Infinitive
Gerunds
Past
Present
Prepositional Phrases
 Consists of a preposition, its object and any words that
modify the object
 Prepositions = anywhere a mouse can go or an eagle can fly
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About
Above
Across
After
Against
Along
At
Around
As
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
of
but
by
during
except
for
from
in
inside
to
like
near
off
toward
on
under
out
underneath
outside until
over
unto
past
up
with (within, without)
into
upon
throughout
 The object of a preposition is always a
noun
 Ex: Basketball was first played with real
baskets.
 Preposition: with
Object: baskets
 Phrase: with real baskets
 Prep phrases can be used as either
adjectives or adverbs.
 Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns
 Adjectives tell you what kind, how many,
which one, or how much
 Ex: The original rules of the game were written in
1982
 Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs
 Adverbs (party invitations) tell you why, how,
where, when, or to what extent.
 Early hoops were constructed of peach baskets
Appositive Phrases
 A noun or pronoun that renames another
noun or pronoun.
 The phrase is that noun and all of its
modifiers
 Be careful: appositive phrases DO NOT
HAVE VERBS- then it’s a clause!
Two Types of Appositives
 Non-Essential: adds extra information
 Set off by commas
 Ex: Luke Skywalker, my hero, carries a blue
lightsaber during the first two movies.
 His name is more specific than his status in my life, so you
don’t need to know the status
 Essential: needed to make meaning of
sentence complete
 No commas
 Ex: The movie Star Wars is a classic that you should
all see and memorize.
 Lots of movies on a shelf - which one’s a classic?
Infinitive Phrases
 A type of verbal phrase
 It’s a word that usually is used as a verb
that’s being used in another way
 Infinitives ALWAYS begin with “to”
 Be Careful! “to” is ALSO a preposition. An
infinitive will have a verb following “to”,
while a prep phrase will not.
Infinitive or Preposition?
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My goal is to work out everyday.
I must submit the paper to the teacher.
To draw the picture, I needed a pencil.
I needed a pencil, so I went to the store.
 ALWAYS note the word following “to” and
make sure you have correctly identified
the phrase.
Any questions?
 Tonight’s homework: Mixed review
worksheet.
 Please, please see me if you don’t
remember this. It will continue to be a
problem for you for the rest of the
semester.