Learning About Prepositional Phrases

Summary
This lesson presupposes that the children have been introduced to the preposition as a part of speech. The discussion is designed for the teacher to use as part of the lesson.

Objectives
• to teach the children how to identify a prepositional phrase;

• to assess the children?s ability to demonstrate how a prepositional phrase is used in a sentence.

Suggested Grades
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade

Excerpt
Before we look at prepositional phrases let?s make sure we remember what a preposition is and what a phrase is.

A preposition is a word that links nouns to other words in a sentence. It tells us about three things:

? Time
? Place
? Direction.

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