Transcript Prepositional Phrases

Lesson 5 - Prepositional Phrases
Today we will find and
mark out a new imposter
called a prepositional
phrase in sentences.
Beltram, Gonzalez,
Searway & Spyksma – Riverbank Unified School District, Riverbank, CA
Expectations:
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Let’s review what you already
know!
The 5 requirements of a complete sentence.
 Complete Sentences
1.
Start with a capital letter
2.
Have end punctuation (.?!)
3.
Have a subject (s)
4.
Have a verb (v)
5.
Make sense
The definition for a verb
A
word that shows the action or stateof-being of the subject.
The definition for an action verb
A word that shows the action of the
subject of the sentence.
 Examples:

Body Actions
Mind Actions
walk
think
run
want
The definition for a linking verb
Words that link the subject to another
word that describes the subject.
 Examples:
Am
Was

Are
Were
Is
Seem
Be
Been
Become
The definition for an infinitive
 An
infinitive is usually made up of two
words: the word ‘to’ and a verb.
 Sometimes “to” + a verb + an adverb
 Examples:
to sing
to ride quickly
to live
Why do we need to mark out infinitives
before we look for the verb?
 We
don’t want to make a mistake and
choose the wrong word as the main
verb!
 It might look like there are 2 verbs in a
sentence, so I mark out the infinitive.
 One
thing I might mistake for a verb is
an infinitive.
M in MARK is:
Mark out the imposters!

Imposters are words that we might mistake for
the real verb or subject.

If we are not careful in marking out the
imposters in the sentence, we might mistake
other words like:

Infinitives for verbs.
The definition for a subject
 The
person, place, think, quality, or idea
that the sentence is about.
Examples:
Jenna went for a walk.
The store was closed.
Balloons rose into the sky.
Silence filled the streets.
Peace was declared at midnight.
(Person)
(Place)
(Things)
(Quality)
(Idea)
Prepositional Phrase
 Sometimes
there are words for people,
places, and things in sentences that are
not the subject of the sentence.
 Example:
v
The ball rolled into the street.
Who or what rolled? Not the street!
Prepositional Phrases
 So
we don’t get confused, we need to
be able to identify prepositional
phrases in sentences.
 The
ball rolled into the street.
Definition of a Prepositional
Phrase
A prepositional phrase is a group of
words that show place or time.
 Each
prepositional phrase contains a
preposition and at least one person,
place, or thing word. (noun)
s
 The
v
p
noun
ball rolled into the street.
Prepositional Phrase
Bees in a bottle will help us remember lots of
examples of prepositions that tell place or
location.
A word is a preposition if it fits in the
blank of the sentence:
“A bee flies __________ the bottle.”
Prepositional Phrases
Let’s try it!
 Let’s make up some prepositional phrases with
the prepositions on the cue card.
 Start with “on”
 My turn: on the flower

Your turn:
Finish the sentence: A bee flies _______________

Prepositional Phrases
 Some
prepositions don’t show location
 Some aren’t on our cue card because
they don’t show location:
of, with, at, for, during, without
We have another cue card that includes
these prepositions.
You can use this list to find out whether or
not a word is a preposition.
The word: to
 The
word “to” can be both an infinitive and a
preposition, so looking for the word “to” is very
helpful.
 The word ‘to’ + an action verb = an infinitive.
 Today
we learned that the word ‘to’ + a noun can
make a prepositional phrase.
 Every time we do the M, mark out the imposters
part of “Search and Check”, we need to look for the
word ‘to’ first.
Teacher model- PENS MARK

I just used the PEN step to write a sentence.
s
v
p
J joe swam in the lake.
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I’m ready for the ‘S’ step of Search & Check
– Mark out any imposters!
– Ask the verb question
– Root our the subject
– Key in on the beginning, ending, and meaning.
Our turn: We do!
 Mark
out imposters
infinitives: to
prepositions
 Ask the verb question
 Root out the subject
 Key in on the beginning, ending, and
meaning.
Your turn: You do!
 Learning
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