Prepositional & Appositive Phrases

1. Prepositional & Appositive Phrases October 8th, 2013

2. The plan…. • Objectives • Review • Prepositions • Phrases • Prepositional • Appositive • Speaking Practice • Homework • Pictures and captions • Whiteboard Game

3. Objectives • To recognize phrases in sentences • To distinguish between adjective and adverb phrases • To understand and recognize verbals, including participles and infinitives

4. Review • Please give 10 examples of common pronouns • Please give 5 examples of compound pronouns • Please give 3 examples of set expressions

6. Prepositional Phrases A phrase is a group of words that functions as a single part of speech. Phrases DO NOT contain a subject and a verb. • Contains: a preposition AND a noun/pronoun • The noun/pronoun is the object of the preposition • The book is between the pen and the pencil. • May act as an adjective • Modifies a noun by telling what kind? which one? • Usually comes after the noun • The car with four doors broke down on the highway. • May act as an adverb • Modifies a verb, an adjective or an adverb by showing where? when? in what way? to what extent? • Before class, you must put your homework on the desk.

7. Speaking Practice • Everyone stands up • When you are ready raise your hand • When it is your turn please give a sentence with a prepositional phrase • The book, on the floor, is not my book. • If you are correct you may sit down • If you can not think of anything, make something up… it is okay^^

8. Appositive Phrases • Always a noun or pronoun • Always identifies a noun or pronoun • Always follows the noun or pronoun it identifies • The car, a Ford, is sixteen years old.

9. Speaking Practice • Everyone stands up • When you are ready raise your hand • When it is your turn please give a sentence with an appositive phrase • My mother, a nurse, is on vacation. • If you are correct you may sit down • If you can not think of anything, make something up… it is okay^^

10. Homework • Use your smartphones to take 10 pictures • Pictures must be appropriate for school • E-mail teacher the picture • beccateacher.tis@gmail.com • Include your name and section, in order to receive credit • Include a caption, a sentence that explains the picture • 5 with a prepositional phrase • 5 with an appositive phrase • The pictures will be put on the Weebly

11. Homework Example The laptop is on the big brown table.

12. Game Time!! Whiteboard Game

13. Whiteboard Game • Identify the phrase in the sentence as “prepositional” or “appositive” • Write a prepositional or appositive phrase • The first team to hold up the white board gets a point

14. #1

15. Jane made the salad, a tossed one with French dressing.

16. Appositive Phrase

17. #2

18. Write a sentence with a prepositional phrase.

19. #3

20. Write a sentence with an appositive phrase.

21. #4

22. He is going skydiving with his friends on vacation.

23. Prepositional Phrase

24. #5

25. Earth, the only planet in our galaxy known to support life, is called the third rock from the sun.

26. Appositive Phrase

27. #6

28. Write a sentence with an appositive phrase.

29. #7

30. James Hilton's book, Lost Horizon, has been filmed twice.

31. Appositive Phrase

32. #8

33. We drove our car to the store.

34. Prepositional Phrase

35. #9

36. Mrs. Norbert, the president of the company, will speak at the dinner.

37. Appositive Phrase

38. #10

39. Our dog, a cocker spaniel, is ten years old.

40. Appositive Phrase

41. #11

42.  We'll put the notes under the cushion without any pillows over it

43. Prepositional Phrase

44. #12

45. Write a sentence with a prepositional phrase.

46. #13

47. Cola spilled over the glass and splashed onto the counter.

48. Prepositional Phrase

49. #14

50. Write a sentence with a prepositional phrase.