Summary
What the heck is a prepositional phrase? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby (and Moby’s orange hat) will teach you all about prepositional phrases. You’ll learn what kinds of questions these phrases can answer as well as what they do in a sentence and what kind of information they can give you. Find out the two parts of a prepositional phrase, including how it begins and what comes at the end. You’ll also learn about the two different types of prepositional phrases and how they differ depending on the part of speech they modify. At the end of the movie, you’ll easily be able to recognize a prepositional phrase! (Did you catch that one?)
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Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Prepositional Phrases:
- What is one new thing you learned about prepositional phrases?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining prepositional phrases.
- Draw or give one example of your own.