Curated Video
Get Prepped for Prepositions
Mr. Griot teaches the student to identify prepositions and prepositional phrases and then practices the skill by playing a game.
Curated Video
Airplanes and Clouds
Mr. Griot explains prepositions and prepositional phrases and gives hints about how to remember and identify them.
Curated Video
Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional Phrases shows how to identify prepositional phrases in sentences.
Curated Video
Misplaced Modifiers
This video will cover modifiers and how best to identify them and rectify them within sentences where they are misplaced.
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 1
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 3
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
Englishing
LINKING verbs (be, become, keep, get, go, seem, sound, etc.)
When you want to describe a situation or even someone, for example to list the qualities of something or someone, we use these kinds of verbs: LINKING VERBS, sometimes called copulas. In this lesson, Mr. P./Marc will list five different...
Englishing
When to use Stranded PREPOSITIONS (placing prepositions at the end of a sentence)
Many students have been taught that prepositions are never left behind a sentence or a question. However, there is no rule which states this. There are some cases where we need to put a preposition at the end of a sentence or a question....
Englishing
PREPOSITIONAL Phrases (with, among, despite, before, next to the, for, since, according to, during)
Prepositional phrases are a number of words made up of a preposition and its object. The object could be a noun, pronoun, gerund or even a clause. Mr. P. will explain how prepositional phrases can act as adjectives or adverbs but also as...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 2
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Condensing Ideas, Part 4
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson focuses on condensing ideas in simple ways (e.g., by compounding verbs, adding prepositional phrases, or through simple embedded clause) to create precise and detailed...
Language Tree
Language Function and Construction: Modifying to Add Details
For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson shows how expanding sentences with simple adverbials (e.g., adverbs, adverb phrases, prepositional phrases) to provide details (e.g., time, manner, place, cause) about...
Curated Video
Prepositions Of Place & Precise Prepositional Phrases - Learn To Speak English Like A Native
Learn prepositions of place and precise prepositional phrases. Learn to speak English like a native with Anna English. Prepositions are a key part of this intermediate English course. In addition to learning prepositions of place in, at,...
The Learning Depot
Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs
A group of words that may take the place of a part of speech is called a phrase. In an earlier lesson, I explained the seven types of phrases, but in this lesson, I expand on the prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase is a...
Ereading Worksheets
Prepositional Phrases | Parts of Speech App
Give grammar instruction a boost with a video focusing on prepositional phrases. To start, the video defines and provides examples of prepositions. Then, it goes into prepositional phrases and how they are used in sentences. To end the...
Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 3: Prepositional Phrases Again: Grammar
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has prepositional phrases.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Preposition and Prepositional Phrase
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains the function of prepositions and prepositional phrases. He also gives examples of incorrect use of them.
Yossarian the Grammarian
Yossarian the Grammarian: Errors Involving Prepositional Phrases
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to avoid certain errors related to prepositional phrases. [8:20]
Yossarian the Grammarian
Sentence Diagramming 2: Prepositional Phrases: English Grammar Lesson
This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains how to diagram a sentence that has a prepositional phrase in it.
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Prepositional Phrases to Convey Specific Meaning
Writers use prepositional phrases to convey specific meaning. Let's practice adding prepositional phrases to our sentences. [7:11]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Prepositions of Time
Some prepositions help describe moments in time. Learn more and enhance your powers of time wizardry!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Prepositions of Space
Some prepositions help describe relationships between objects and their locations in space. David explains how!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Prepositions of Neither Space Nor Time
Some prepositions describe relationships between people or things. These prepositions don't include information about time or space.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Prepositional Phrases
Prepositional phrases are word chunks that begin with a preposition.