Warm- up- Label P-OP
Rita cooks dinner in the kitchen.
Jenny plays monopoly with her friends on the weekend.
I am so excited to hear the projects on poets in class today.
What are some examples of prepositions?
in, of , to, on , about, below, above, like, from, without, by, off, near, with.
What are the parts of a prepositional phrase?
POP-
P is for preposition
OP- The object of the Preposition
The object of the preposition is the noun or pronoun following the preposition
Identify the Prepositional phrases Name the preposition- read out the phrase. Some have more than one. Refer to your worksheet from yesterday.
The librarian took from her desk a new edition of one of the classics.
The librarian took from her desk a new edition of one of the classics.
It was placed in the display case in the corner of the library.
It was placed in the display case in the corner of the library.
Many books of mysteries and detective stories are found in the library. Many books of mysteries and detective
stories are found in the library.
One story about magic appears in our literature book.
One story about magic appears in our literature book.
This story contains clues to the solution of the mystery.
This story contains clues to the solution of the mystery.
I have read many stories by Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes.
I have read many stories by Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes.
A wall of ancient Pompeii was discovered accidentally by an ordinary peasant.
A wall of ancient Pompeii was discovered accidentally by an ordinary peasant.
My favorite places to study are at the library and in my room.
My favorite places to study are at the library and in my room.
Achilles’ heel a small fault in a person or system which
might cause them to fail
Ex. As a team they're strong on attack but they have a weak defence that might prove to be their Achilles' heel.
Act of God a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that
interrupts the expected course of events; Ex. "he discovered that his house was not
insured against acts of God"
Add insult to injury to make a bad situation worse; to hurt the
feelings of a person who has already been hurt.
First, the basement flooded, and then, to add insult to injury, a pipe burst in the kitchen.
As the crow flies if the distance between two places is
measured as the crow flies, it is measured as a straight line between the two places
Our farm is only five miles from town as the crow flies, but the winding roads mean we have to drive nearly eight miles to get there.