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I need help with prepositional phrases.?
i have a quiz tomorrow and i dont understant prepositional phrases and deciding whether they are adjectives or adverbs, and what word is being modified. Maybe a game or something that could help me.
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- Think of a preposition as a word that describes where an airplane can be located in relation to a cloud (under, above, beside, etc.)
- any time you can fill in the blank with a word that works, it is a preposition, the man ran _____ the house, example, to the house, from the house, at the house, around the house, etc...
- Just remember a preposition is a word that you should never end a sentence "with".
- Here's a quiz that you can take that might help you... http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=6&Unit=7&Topic=Prepositional+Phrases&x=25&y=9 If you don't like that, i suggest going on google and searching for "prepositional phrase games". It came up with lots of results to choose from... maybe you'll find something you like better :]
- look up the song over the river and through the woods. lots of practice for prepositional phrases there. For example (Over the river) and (through the woods) (to Grandmother’s house), we go. those in parenthesis are prepositional phrases the preposition is over, through, to. They are adverb prepositional phrases and modify the verb go. Almost all (adjective prepositional phrases) directly follow the nouns or pronouns they modify. The purple hat (with the red feather) was for sale in the store. (Adjective prepositional phrase) = (with the red feather) Preposition = with Object of the preposition = feather It is an Adjective prepositional phrase that modifies the subject hat.
- I know this is NOT relevant...but the point of a language is to effectively communicate your ideas to someone, regardless of what CORRECT syntax one may use !!!?!? Some "english-speaking" citizens have different dialects and cultural slangs, etc, but they still make their point clear !. For example, in German: Spechen Sie Deustch, which means in English: Do you speak German...but a literal english translation would be: "Speaking You German" !! LOL...good luck...and DO NOT end a sentence with a preposition, because that it DOES not work with !!! <<--LOL
