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Regular Day 29 AB NonFiction
Phrases, Prepositional Phrases
Informational Text blue pg. 675-766
– Grade yesterday’s responses, turn in
Baseball Articles
– PALBEG out loud
Reading Test blue pg. 452
Synthesizing pg. 487
Internet Sources pg. 240
A phrase is a group of related words that lacks both a
subject and a predicate. Because it lacks a subject and
a predicate it cannot act as a sentence.
A phrase typically functions as a single part of speech in a
sentence (e.g., noun, adjective, adverb).
There are five types of phrases:
1. Prepositional phrases, which begin with a
preposition and include the object of the preposition.
2. Participial phrases, which begin with the participle
and include the object of the participle or other words
that are connected to the noun by the participle.
3. Gerund phrases, which begin with the gerund and
include the object of the gerund or other words that
are acting as the complete subject or complete object.
4. Infinitive phrases, which begin with an infinitive and
include the object of the infinitive or other words that
are acting as part of the phrase.
5. Appositive phrases, which are nouns or pronouns
adding more information to another noun or pronoun in
the sentence.
Prepositions
A preposition is a word that links a noun or
pronoun following it to another word in the
sentence.
about behind around against across as of
outside down except but by on over of
before beyond during despite for onto at
A noun or pronoun always follows a preposition.
A prepositional phrase is a preposition and its
object (remember, objects are always nouns or
pronouns).
on the wing in the door
near the violently swaying oak trees
on account of his nearly-depleted bank account
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
The prepositional phrase includes the preposition and the object of the
preposition as well as any modifiers related to either.
[In the following examples, the preposition is bold and the prepositional phrase is
underlined.]
The flying saucer appeared above the lake before it disappeared into space.
– ABOVE is not an adverb because it has an object to complete its meaning; therefore,
ABOVE is a preposition and the entire phrase is an adverb phrase.
Crystal could hear her sister snoring across the room.
– Objects usually answer the question what. Therefore, we can ask across what? to
determine the object of the preposition.
Christine discovered a pile of books hidden under the staircase.
– UNDER is not an adverb because it alone does not answer where about the verb.
You should consider reading the notes before class.
– BEFORE is not an adverb because it alone does not answer where about the verb.
You should consider reading the notes before you come to class.
– BEFORE is not a preposition because is not followed by an object that it links to the clause.
It is followed by another clause that is subordinate in meaning to the independent clause;
therefore, it is a subordinate conjunction.
Alix walk down the ramp to the beach.
– DOWN is not an adverb because it alone does not answer where about the verb.
Alix fell down.
– DOWN is an adverb answering where about the verb. There is no object, so it cannot be a
preposition.
More Prepositions and Phrases
The manager with the pink slips
terrorized the employees.
The price of the promotion was much
too steep.
Something in the corner of the desk
was moving.
She lost her head at the retro drive in.
The salesperson skimmed over the
product's real cost.
The boss was thrilled at their attitude.
The rock climbers arrived late at night.
Ms. Werner bribed the students with
candy.