Transcript Unit 3: Phrases

UNIT 3: PHRASES
WHAT IS A PHRASE?
 A group of words
 Acts as a single part of speech
 Does not contain both a verb and its subject
• I would like to choose my own book.
• His book was written for teenagers.
• During the school day, I will read my book.
REVIEW: WHAT IS A VERB
PHRASE?
 Main verb – action or linking
 Helping verbs - they "help" the main verb (which has the real
meaning).
 The main verb together with one or more helping verbs make up a
verb phrase.
• The students will read a non-fiction book.
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APPLICATION
 Write TWO sentences using verb phrases about this image.
WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?
 Words that RELATE a noun or pronoun to some other word in a
sentence
 COMMONLY USED PREPOSITIONS:
About
Above
Between
Like
Near
Since
Across Among
By
During
Of
Off
Through
To
Around
For
At
From
On
Out
Upon
With
Into
WHAT IS A
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE?
 A GROUP of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a
noun or pronoun
 It RELATES to some other word in the sentence.
 Includes a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any
modifiers of that object
 EXAMPLES:
to the PG-rated movie
for the silly children
to her
for my mommy
for them
PREPOSITIONS CHANGE THE
R E L AT I O N S H I P B E T W E E N
S WA M A N D R A F T .
I swam to the raft.
I swam under the raft.
I swam around the raft.
I swam near the raft.
I swam from the raft.
I swam past the raft.
COMPOUND PREPOSITION
 Preposition that consists of two or more words
 COMMONLY USED COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS:
-according to
-instead of
-in addition to
-in front of
-next to
-on account of
-in place of
-along with
-apart from
-out of
-because of
-as of
-in spite of
APPLICATION
 Where is Snoopy in relation
to his dog house?
 Write THREE sentences
using a different prepositional
phrase for each one.
APPLICATION
On the roof, Snoopy daydreams.
Snoopy is above his doghouse.
Snoopy naps outside his home.
R E V I E W: S E N T E N C E PAT T E R N S
I gave her some paper.
S AV IO
DO
I gave some paper to her.
S AV
DO
PP
S E N T E N C E PAT T E R N S
Remove the prepositional phrase so the sentence
follows S+V+IO+DO.
I threw the football to him.
I threw him the football.
The chef baked a pie for me.
The chef baked me a pie.
R E M OV E T H E P R E P O S I T I O N A L
PHRASE SO THE SENTENCE
F O L L OW S S + V + I O + D O.
Can you just give the answer to me?
Can you just give me the answer?
Please show the new puppies to that family.
Please show that family the new puppies.
Mom threw a birthday party for her favorite child.
Mom threw her favorite child a birthday party.
FIND EXAMPLES IN YOUR
BOOK.
S+V+DO+PP
S+V+IO+DO
 1.
 1.
 2.
 2.
 3.
 3.