PREPPIES MESS YOU UP!

Or… Prepositional Phrases and How to Master Them!

What is a Preppie?

• For our purposes, a Preppie is a PREPOSITION.

• A PREPOSITION shows POSITION. • See?• Well… let me show you. • All we need is a tree and a squirrel.

Yes… true!

A Preposition Is…

• anything a squirrel can do to a tree.

• The squirrel ran..• UP the tree• AROUND the tree• DOWN the tree• OVER the tree• THROUGH the tree• ON the tree…• And on and on…

So the PrePOSITIONS Are

• Everything in green below:

• The squirrel ran..• UP the tree• AROUND the tree• DOWN the tree• OVER the tree• THROUGH the tree• ON the tree• Each shows

POSITION

So What is a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE?• It BEGINS with the

PREPOSITION and ends once you know where the squirrel IS!

• Below, the Prepositional Phrases are in green:

• The squirrel ran..• UP the tree• AROUND the tree• DOWN the tree• OVER the tree• THROUGH the tree• ON the tree

Don’t Like Squirrels?

• That’s OK – a PREPPIE is ALSO what a PLANE does to a CLOUD!

• It simply shows POSITION!• Again, the PREPPIES

(Prepositional Phrases) are in green:

• The plane flew...• AROUND the cloud• DOWN the cloud• OVER the cloud• THROUGH the cloud• ON the cloud• You can “feel” that squirrels

work better – but you use what works for you!

So HOW Do Preppies Mess You Up?

• They get between a SUBJECT and a VERB and make you choose the wrong verb – but we’ll get to that when we do Subject/Verb Agreement.

• They make you think they’re the OBJECT.

• But forget that all for now – just know a PREPPIE when you see one. BEWARE of them – as they are akin to rabid squirrels!

For now, simply remember…

A Preposition Is…

• Anything a squirrel can do to a tree.

• AND…• PREPPIES mess

you UP!

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