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Prepositional Phrases
Talking about Time and Frequency
Grammar & Structure
Level A2
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Prepositional Phrases Outline
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Content
In this lesson you will learn about prepositional phrases
Learning Outcomes
• Learn what prepositional phrases are
• Learn how prepositional phrases can be adjectives and adverbs
• Practice these phrases in a variety of activities
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Grammar
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We eat pizza for lunch!
I love being with you
We bike into the forest.
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Grammar
I got a letter from
Julia.
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Mom is at the
supermarket!
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Brainstorm
How many prepositions can you think of? Write some
down!
Prepositions
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Prepositional phrases
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Please note
The role of prepositions in sentences is to
show the relationship between different
words. Prepositions always have an object.
Examples:
• During (what)
• By (when?)
• On (what?)
• About (what?)
• Inside (where?)
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Prepositional phrases
Please note
When a propostion has an object, it is called a
prepostional phrase - prepositions and objects
together. (A sentence can have more than one
prepositional phrase)
Examples:
On the table
During the movie
About dinosaurs
By morning
Inside my purse
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Prepositional phrases
Please note
What is missing from the examples below?
Examples:
On the table
During the movie
About dinosaurs
By morning
Inside my puse
Exactly! Prepositional phrases don’t have
any verbs.
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Prepositional phrases
Please note
What components do these phrases have?
Examples:
During our lunch break
Without Mary
Before going to sleep
Behind the big tv
From each other
Great! Prepositional phrases can have
adjectives, nouns, pronouns, gerunds and
conjuctions.
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Prepositional phrases
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Please note
Keep in mind that subjects and verbs are never
part of a prepositional phrase. A good tip to
recognize a prepositional phrase is to eliminate
it from the sentence. If it still makes sense,
you‘re good to go.
Examples:
The computer on the big brown desk is my dad‘s.
The computer is my dad‘s.
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Prepositional phrases
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Please note
Prepositional phrases can be very short or very long.
But if you can still eliminate them without losing sense
and still having a complete sentence, then they are
prepositional phrases.
Examples:
I got a letter from James.
I got a letter from my old college friend, James.
I got a letter from James and Tina.
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Prepositional phrases
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Please note
Prepositional Phrases can function as adverbs or
adjectives. In the case of adjectives, they can help
answer the questions “which one?”
Examples:
The shirt that is on the bed is my favorite.
Which shirt? The one on the bed.
The red roses in the vase are mine.
Which roses? The ones in the vase.
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Prepositional phrases
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Please note
When the prepositional phrases act as
adverbs, they answer the questions “how?”
“where?” or “when?”
Examples:
Before going to school, the kids cried non stop.
When did the kids cry non stop? Before going to school
We had the most delicious chocolate cake at the coffee shop
in the corner.
Where did we eat the cake? At the little coffee shop in the
corner
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Vocabulary
Purse
vase
Each other
Sense
Conjunctions
To eliminate
Gerunds
favorite
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Review
Prepositional phrases
1. From
The package is from my mom.
2. For
I bought this present for Julia‘s first birthday.
3. In
The cake is in the freezer.
4. Under
The cat loves to be under the couch.
Remember that prepositional phrases don‘t include
verbs or the subject of the sentence.
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Exercises
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Writing
Write four prepositional phrases with the
following prepositions
1) In
2) With
3) On
4) Near
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Exercises
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Speaking
Identify the prepositional phrase/s in these
sentences. They might have more than one!
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
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My dog always waits at the big door for me.
We love skating at the park next to the river.
Martin sat on the sand and built a castle with his mom
I looked for my dog for hours.
The house smells like cookies because I baked for you.
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Exercises
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Writing
Add prepositional phrases to the following
sentences.
1) We played.
2) Tina sings.
3) I won‘t be late.
4) We slept.
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Exercises
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Speaking
Identify the prepositional phrase/s in these
sentences. They might have more than one!
1) It is an interesting city with amazing museums and colorful
parks.
2) We stayed in a little hotel while we were visiting.
3) The bridge across the river was completely covered in snow.
4) The dog destroyed the pillow that was on the new yellow
couch.
5) The book is about a woman living in prison.
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Exercises
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Writing
Write four sentences that include prepositional
phrases with the following prepositions
1) In front of
2) Next to
3) Across
4) During
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Exercises
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Writing
Rewrite the sentences without the
prepositional phrases
1) Please read the letter we got from your grandma.
2) The actor in the show is very interesting and funny.
3) We went on the trip with a wonderful couple we met last year
4) The boy played in the park with his dogs.
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Exercises
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Speaking
Identify the prepositional phrase and explain if
it functions as an adverb or an adjective.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Before the trip, we went grocery shopping.
Can I see one of the blue skirts please?
The teacher with the green dress is very nice
Our guests arrived late at night and were very tired.
The big book on that shelf is my favorite.
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Exercises
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Writing
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) and
replace it/them with another prepositional
phrase that makes sense.
1) On Mondays, we go swimming.
2) She is at the party with Linda.
3) We are going to India in October.
4) We eat ice cream in the summer.
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