Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

What do prepositions do?

• Show relationships between two different things in the sentence.

• Tells where the house is.

• Show an action.

• They are people, places, things or ideas.

What are the two rules of a prepositional phrase?

• They start with a preposition and end with the nearest noun or pronoun.

• They start with a preposition and end with the next preopsition.

• They start with a noun and end with a preopsition.

• They must be three words long.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.III

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.III

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.III

What is an infinitive?

• A verb phrase that starts with the word "to" and is followed by a verb.

• Something that goes on for ever and ever.

• A made up thing.

• A sentence that tells someone what to do, like "Clean your room."

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

My friend and I decided to go to HolidayFest.

• to go

• to HolidayFest

• My friend and I

• decided to go

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

After it started snowing, I had to shovel our driveway.

• to shovel

• After it started snowing

• to shovel our driveway

• I had to

What is the infinitive in this sentence?

We were going to eat at the restaurant, but it was too crowded, so we left.

• to eat

• at the restaurant

• too crowded

• so we left

What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?

Later that evening, Santa came down the chimney.

• down the chimney

• Later that evening

• Santa came

• the chimney

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.III

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.III

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.III

What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?

After Rendi climbed up the shelves to get the rice bowl he fell into the jade gang.

• After Rendi

  up the shelves

  into the jade gang

• up the shelves

  to get

  into the jade

• climbed up

  he fell

• After Rendi

  to get

  into

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.III

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.III

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.III

What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?

The basketball rolled around the rim, bounced against the backboard and finally fell through the net.

• around the rim

  against the backboard

  through the net

• rolled around

  bounced against

  fell through

• around

  against

  through

• the rim

  the backboard

  the net

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.III

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.III

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.III

What are the prepositions in this sentence?

The dog ran up the road, into the house and onto the bed.

• up

  into

  onto

• road

  house

  bed

• dog

• up

  the

  road

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VI

TEKS.ELA.K.3C