Prepositional
Phrases
What is “Prepositional Phrases”?
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Shows the position/ place/
direction/ time in a sentence.
In a castle, there lived a beautiful
princess named Elizabeth.
What can you see?
•A tree
•A cunning snake
Where is the cunning
snake?
•Under the tree.
There is a cunning snake
under the tree.
Under the tree, there is a
cunning snake.
What can you see?
Where did the girl live?
•The mountain
•On the mountain.
•A happy girl named
Happy
There lived a happy
girl named Happy
on the mountain.
On the mountain, there lived a
happy girl named Happy.
What can you see?
•The forest
•A naughty monkey
Where was the monkey?
There was a
naughty monkey in
the forest.
In the forest, there was a
naughty monkey.
What can you see?
•A hill
•A poor farmer and his wife
Where did the poor farmer
and his wife live?
•Over that hill.
There lived a poor
farmer and his wife
over that hill.
Over that hill, there lived a poor
farmer and his wife.
Can you make some sentences
with “prepositional phrase” now?
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In…, there…
On…, there…
Over …, there…
Under…, there…
At …, there
Between…, there…
Behind…, there…