0009 Can You Identify Prepositional Phrases with Nouns as the Objects?
Soon we are going to diagram the sentences we use. Diagramming helps us to map our sentences—to see the structure or skeleton of a sentence. This can help us determine if a sentence is correctly constructed. This is the base line for diagramming all sentences.
A prepositional phrase will sit on its own structure with the preposition on the diagonal line and its object on the horizontal line. The prepositional structure hangs off the main base line of the sentence (or clause) under the word it modifies. For now, we will not worry about where it attaches to the main diagramming line. Instead, practice placing each of the prepositional phrases you marked above on lines such as this. The first one is done for you. You only need to do the preposition and its object, but I am also giving you an example of how to diagram the adjectives inside the prepositional phrase, too. Below the YouTube video of the lesson, you will find the answers.
For more practice, click More Practice Identifying Prepositional Phrases with Nouns as Objects to download a pdf with more practice and answers to the practice worksheet. Then go to Lesson 0010 What Kinds of Pronouns Can Be the Objects of Prepositions? Followed by Video 0011 “Can You Find a Prepositional Phrase with a Pronouns as its Object?”
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