Prepositions

EG, Unit 5, Lesson 17

SSWBAT:

1. Provide a meaning-based definition of

a preposition that will be helpful to

students even if it is incomplete.

Definition

• Prepositions are words, usually small,

that typically indicate information

about direction, location, or time.

• to the north, near downtown, after this

class

SSWBAT:

2. List at least 10 commonly used

prepositions.

• about, above, across, along, beneath,

before, behind, by, during, down, for,

from, in, into, like, near, of, off, out, over,

since, through, up, with, within, without

SSWBAT:

3. State 2 sentence frames that can be

used to identify many prepositions.

• One for location & one for time

Sentence frames

a) I walked _____ the table. (location)

• under, over, near, to, from, behind,

toward, on, onto, below, in front of, upon,

around, along, across

Sentence frames

b) It happened ____ that time. (time)

• at, near, before, after, during, since,

within, around, after, by

Review

1. Provide a meaning based definition of

a preposition.

2. List any 10 commonly used

prepositions.

3. Provide 2 sentence frames that can

help you identify prepositions.

SSWBAT:

4. Identify if to is part of a an infinitive

phrase or a prepositional phrase.

• Infinitive phrase = to + verb

• Prepositional phrase = to + noun

phrase (NP)

To: infinitive or preposition?

• Infinitive: want to ___

• to go

• to the chair

• to truth

• to believe

• to Kansas City

SSWBAT:

5. Name what is included in a

prepositional phrase and provide

multiple examples.

• PP = Prep + NP

• NP = (DETs) + (ADJs) + N; PRONOUN

Components of a PP

• After lunch

• After you

• After the first inning

• After that unexpected, unfortunate

event

Review

4. Identify if to starts an infinitive phrase

or a prepositional phrase.

5. Name the components of a

prepositional phrase and provide

examples.

SSWBAT:

6. List at least 5 multiword prepositions

(“compound prepositions”/“phrasal

prepositions”).

Multiword prepositions

• ahead of, on top of, in front of, instead

of, in spite of, out of, because of, by

means of, for the sake of, inside of, on

account of

Multiword prepositions

• up to, in order to, in addition to, over to

• together with, along with

• across from

SSWBAT:

7. Name the most common last element

of multiword prepositions.

• of

Review

6. List any 5 multiword

(/compound/phrasal) prepositions.

7. Name the most common final element

of multiword prepositions.

SSWBAT:

8. Describe a test that might distinguish

a phrasal verb plus its object from a

verb + a prepositional phrase.

(Review)

• Particle movement, synonym = verb

Phrasal verb or verb + preposition

• Take off your hat

• Take your hat off--phrasal V + object

• “remove”

• Put off the test

• Put the test off

• “delay”

Phrasal verb or verb + preposition

• Turn off the road

• *Turn the road off”

• No synonym for “turn off”

• Turn off the lights

• Turn the lights off

• “extinguish”

Phrasal verb or verb + preposition

• Ask around town

• *Ask town around

• No synonym for “ask around”

• Move around the furniture

• Move the furniture around

• “rearrange”

SSWBAT:

9. Identify prepositions within sentences.

• Practice activities, homework

Review

8. Describe a test that might distinguish

phrasal verbs + their objects from

verbs + prepositional phrases.

9. Identify prepositions within sentences.