Showing posts with label prepositions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prepositions. Show all posts
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Sunday, November 25, 2012
How to get out of the prepositions part of the quiz
If you can recite the following song to me, verbatim, a day before the quiz, you get an automatic 100 on it...although you will still have to take the verbs portion.
The Mighty Prepositions Song
Sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
Aboard, about, above, across
Against, along, around
As, among, after, at, out
Except, for, during, down
Behind, below, beneath, beside
Between, before, beyond
Until, unto, upon
Under, underneath, up, since,
Like, near, past, through, throughout,
With, within, instead of, without,
To, into, toward, inside!
(and now for some compound prepositions!)
Because of, according to
In addition to…
Instead of, in back/front of
On top of, out of, next to!
The two things that you have to know
About prepositional phrases:
First, they never roam alone;
Objects always follow close behind them-
Which of course are nouns or pronouns
Without those, preps are adverbs.
The second thing with these phrases -
they act as adverbs or adjectives!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Sentence Diagramming: What To Do with Prep. Phrases and Linking Verbs
So today we did more diagramming. Below you will find an example of how to diagram a sentence that has a linking verb, and a sentence that has a prepositional phrase.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Diagramming Simple Sentences
Today we are reviewing indirect and direct objects along with prepositional phrases (don't remember what those are? - Search your notes or this blog for them...search for the tag "grammar").
The next thing we are doing is learning how to diagram sentences! Check out the Youtube video below:
The next thing we are doing is learning how to diagram sentences! Check out the Youtube video below:
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Today in class
Today we went over what a preposition is, what is a prepositional phrase, and how to spot them. See below for the notes on the board. You have a few things to do to practice before the quiz.
Preposition Poster: 15-16 boxes, all full-color, each with a sentence that has a different prepositional phrase, which is underlined. See the example below. Due FRIDAY for EVERYONE
Exercise #1: Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see. The exercise is on the back of your Prepositions Song. Due Thursday (Friday for periods 1 and 3)
Second Exercise: Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see. Due Friday (Monday for periods 1 and 3)
Prepositions Quiz: It will be just like exercise 1, where you have to circle the correct prepositional phrases. MONDAY.
Homework:
Preposition Poster: 15-16 boxes, all full-color, each with a sentence that has a different prepositional phrase, which is underlined. See the example below. Due FRIDAY for EVERYONE
Exercise #1: Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see. The exercise is on the back of your Prepositions Song. Due Thursday (Friday for periods 1 and 3)
Second Exercise: Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see. Due Friday (Monday for periods 1 and 3)
Prepositions Quiz: It will be just like exercise 1, where you have to circle the correct prepositional phrases. MONDAY.
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
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The
boy by
the window is a dork.
The word by in the
sentence above is a preposition. By
shows the relationship of the word boy
to the noun window.
Here are some (45) commonly used prepositions:
about
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before
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during
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off
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to
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above
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behind
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for
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on
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toward
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across
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below
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from
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onto
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under
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after
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beneath
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in
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out
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until
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against
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beside
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inside
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outside
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up
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along
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between
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into
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over
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upon
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among
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beyond
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like
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since
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with
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around
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by
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near
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through
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within
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at
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down
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of
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throughout
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without
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But wait, it gets even more
complicated! Some prepositions
consist of more than one word…..uhg!
Kate
likes Sawyer instead
of Jack!
Here are some (12) common compound
prepositions:
according to
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aside from
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in front of
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instead of
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across from
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because of
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in place of
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on account of
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along with
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far from
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in spite of
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on top of
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Now…the moment you’ve been
waiting for…..the REALLY tricky part: prepositional phrases!
A prepositional phrase is
a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
in the headword position, called the object of the preposition. Prepositional phrases, as a whole unit,
act like either an adjective or an adverb…..ai carumba! The following three sentences each have
two prepositional phrases.
The painting near you
is by a Brazilian artist.
The dog across the street ran in
front of the car.
The dork in front of you is
really into grammar exercises.
The Mighty Prepositions Song
The Mighty
Prepositions Song (version 3.0)
Sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
Aboard, about, above,
across
Against, along, around
As, among, after, at, out
Except, for, during, down
Behind, below, beneath,
beside
Between, before, beyond
Until, unto, upon
Under, underneath, up, since,
Like, near, past, through,
throughout,
With, within, along with, without,
To, into, toward, inside!
Because of, according to
In addition to…
Instead of, in back/front
of
On top of, out of, next
to!
The two things that you
have to know
About prepositional phrases:
First, they never roam
alone;
Objects are always close
behind them-
And objects are of course
nouns or pronouns
Without ‘em, those preps
are just adverbs
So be careful to look out
for them!
The second thing about these
phrases -
You really need to know this:
The whole darn phrase acts
like a single thing -
like either an adverb or adjective!
Copyright
Dan Stowell, 2011
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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