Inserting Phrases

1. Inserting Phrases Sentence Combination!!!

2. Prepositional Phrases • Preposition: A word which shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. Prepositions demonstrate position. • Examples: • Above, across, over, below, next to, within, throughout, since, from, in, into, inside, beneath, up, on, according to, in addition to…. • A Phrase is a group of related words that can be used as a single part of speech and does not contain both a noun and a verb.

3. Prepositional Phrases #2 • A phrase which includes a preposition. • Examples: • To the pool • At the Jackson’s house • Instead of them • A prepositional phrase can be inserted into a sentence in order to make longer, less choppy sentences. • P.332 in Elements of Language book

4. Participial Phrases • Contains a verb usually ending in –ing or –ed. • The entire phrase works in the same way as an adjective- it modifies a noun! • Example: p.333 in Elements of Language book

5. Appositive Phrases • A phrase that usually follows a noun or pronoun and helps to identify it. • Sometimes you can combine sentences that have nouns or pronouns referring to the same thing by changing one of the sentences to an appositive phrase. • Example: p.333 in Elements of Language book