2. What is a Preposition?
•It describes where the noun is.
Some prepositions are: At, above,
of, in, onto, Beside, Between, on,
and beneath etc.
3. Prepositional Phrases
The prepositional phrase starts
with the preposition and ends
with a noun.
Bob went to the beach.
4. Which word is the preposition in each sentence?
The seagull flew above the ocean.
5. Your Turn
(continued)
The kid threw the beach ball into
the water.
6. Find the Prepositional
Phrase(s) in each sentence.
Hint: the subject and verb will never be in a Prepositional phrase.
The girls tossed the ball across the net.
The children played on the beach, and under the umbrella.
7. Here is a video about
prepositional phrases:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
owh5U8Z94ew
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9. More Review
Find the prepositional Phrase
The lifeguard ran into the surfboard.
The seagull flew into Bob’s face
by the ocean.
Jim swam through the waves in the ocean.
The coconut fell on the seagull.