Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

How to Use Prepositional Phrases | No Nonsense Grammar

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4

Overview

Prepositions indicate the location of a thing to another thing across time or space. Prepositional phrases contain a preposition and its object.

This resource allows students to practice identifying prepositional phrases. 

    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

    ELA21.3.36

    Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar including punctuation, capitalization, sentence formation, and spelling appropriate for third grade.

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    Vocabulary

    • Demonstrate
    • Knowledge
    • Rules of standard English grammar
    • Punctuation
    • Capitalization
    • Sentence formation
    • Spelling

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Standard English grammar and spelling conventions.
    • Punctuation marks and their appropriate usage.
    • Capitalization rules for standard English.
    • Complete sentences have a subject and predicate and end with an ending punctuation mark.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Demonstrate knowledge of the rules of standard English grammar.
    • Use appropriate punctuation.
    • Use correct capitalization.
    • Form sentences correctly.
    • Spell third grade level words correctly.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There are rules to forming grammatically correct sentences in standard English.
    • When writing, they must use punctuation correctly, capitalize appropriate words, form complete sentences with subject-verb agreement, and spell the words that are appropriate for third graders.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

    ELA21.3.36b

    Identify the role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence and explain the type of the information it conveys.

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    Vocabulary

    • Identify
    • Role
    • Noun
    • Verb
    • Adjective
    • Adverb
    • Pronoun
    • Preposition
    • Conjunction
    • Information
    • Conveys

    Knowledge

    • There are different types of words within a sentence, and each word provides a particular type of information.
    • The role of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction within a sentence.

    Skills

    • Identify a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, and conjunction in a sentence.
    • Explain the type of information nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions provides in a sentence.

    Understanding

    • Each word in a sentence plays an important role in conveying meaning.
    • A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea and tells who or what the sentence is about.
    • A verb expresses an action or a state of being and tells what the noun is doing.
    • An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun and tells attributes of the noun.
    • An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb, and provides more description about another word in the sentence.
    • A pronoun can be used in place of a noun.
    • A preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun to create a prepositional phrase that modifies (changes the meaning of) another word in the sentence.
    • A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between the joined units; there are coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    ELA21.4.38

    Compose complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement, punctuation, and usage.

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    Vocabulary

    • Compose
    • Complete sentences
    • Subject-verb agreement
    • Punctuation

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • A complete sentence has at least one subject and one predicate.
    • A subject and its verb must both be singular or both plural.
    • A complete sentence ends with an ending punctuation mark and there are other punctuation marks that may need to be included.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Write complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement and appropriate punctuation and word usage.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • The proper conventions of a complete sentence must be used to convey their intended meaning.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    ELA21.4.38b

    Form and use prepositional phrases and conjunctions.

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    UP:ELA21.4.38b

    Vocabulary

    • Prepositional phrases
    • Conjunctions

    Knowledge

    • A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any words that modify the object.
    • A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between the joined units; there are coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.

    Skills

    • Form and use prepositional phrases in writing.
    • Form and use conjunctions in writing.

    Understanding

    • Prepositional phrases and conjunctions are used to expand or connect words, phrases, and sentences.
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