Prepositions

What is a prepositional phrase? They tell: WHERE, WHEN AND HOW Begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun Will not be the subject or verb of the sentence

Compound Objects Sometimes the prepositional phrase will have two or more nouns or pronouns following the preposition. Examples: to the store and post office to the store and post office with John and me with John and me

Compound Subjects Sometimes there may be two or more subjects in the sentence. Example: During the snowstorm, the boys and girls rushed home. During the snowstorm, the boys and girls rushed home.

Helping Verbs: do, does, did has, have, had is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been may, must, might should, could, would shall, will, can

Not Not is never a verb. It is an adverb. Put a box around not or n’t. Examples: The child with the red hair did not sit beside me. The child with the red hair did not sit beside me. This house is not for sale. This house is not for sale.

Infinitives Sometimes to will come before a verb. TO + VERB = INFINITIVE TO + VERB IS NOT A PREPOSTITIONAL PHRASE Place an infinitive in parenthesis. Example: I like (to sing) in the morning. I like (to sing) in the morning.

Imperatives An imperative sentence gives a command. In an imperative sentence, the subject is (You). (You) is written at the beginning of the sentence, underlined, and placed in parenthesis. Example: (You) Go down the street.

Preposition vs. Adverb If a preposition is standing alone, then it is an adverb. If a preposition is standing alone, then it is an adverb. If you see two prepositions next to each other, one of them is part of the prepositional phrase, and the other is the adverb. Example: The dog squeezed in through the door. Helpful Hint: Words that end in ly are usually adverbs.