Teaching Method: Sample 15

  1. A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE BEGINS WITH A PREPOSITION AND ENDS WITH A NOUN OR PRONOUN CALLED THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION.
  2. THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE CAN NEVER BE PART OF A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.
  3. A VERB CAN NEVER BE A PART OF A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.

Mastering these rules allows you to find the subject of a sentence easily:

Ex. The child with her dog walked toward me.

What is the subject (the who or what of the sentence)?  What is the verb (action or state of being)?

        Ex. The child with her dog walked toward me.

        Ex. The child with her dog walked toward me.

        Ex. The child with her dog walked toward me.

For complex sentences, this is a very useful strategy.  It is also a way to check subject-verb agreement and to learn about interrupters.

Try it:

In the future, you will use this method for homework.

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