Diagramming Prepositional Phrases

(TESOL Worksheets--Prepositional Phrases, Noun Phrases, diagramming sentences)

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[The sentences, and diagrams, are taken from the website Grammar-Revolution: Grammar Through Sentence Diagramming--specifically Chapter 3: Prepositional Phrases.  In order to use this, I had to teach my students the basics of sentence diagramming first, but fortunately they caught on quickly.  I used this to supplement the complex noun phrases lesson in Expert IELTS 6, Language Development and Vocabulary p.112.  However, as is made clear on the original site that I took these from, some of these prepositional phrases are actually used to modify verbs.   (You can see this quite clearly in the diagrams).  I still did it as a noun phrase lesson, but I just did the prepositional phrases modifying verbs as a little extra bonus.]

1. The boy with the big house in the city loves the girl with the tattoo of the dragon.

2. The refurbishment of the oldest wing of the museum is very expensive.

3. The museum is a celebration of old and new culture in New Zealand.

4. The top floor represents the original groups of people on the island.

5. You must visit the traditional cave near the centre of the gardens.

6. The history of the island is represented by the spheres on the left at the entrance to the museum.

Prepositional Phrases: Scrambled Sentences

(TESOL Worksheets--Prepositional Phrases, Noun Phrases)

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[These sentences were taken from the website Grammar-Revolution: Grammar Through Sentence Diagramming--specifically Chapter 3: Prepositional Phrases.  I changed them into a scrambled sentence activity.  I used this to supplement the complex noun phrases lesson in Expert IELTS 6, Language Development and Vocabulary p.112.  However, as is made clear on the original site that I took these from, some of these prepositional phrases are actually used to modify verbs.   I still did it as a noun phrase lesson, but I just did the prepositional phrases modifying verbs as a little extra bonus.  The words from these sentences are put into boxes on the worksheet, and they are to be cut up and scrambled before class. In my class I photocopied each sentence on a different color paper.  Therefore, I put 4 copies of each sentence onto each sheet of paper.  That way I could get 4 copies of the same sentence on a sheet of pink pager, 4 copies of the same sentence on a sheet of blue paper, etc.  (In my class, I divided my students up into four groups, so each group got a copy of the scrambled sentence.)  If you want to arrange your groups differently, you can make a copy of the document, and adjust the formatting accordingly.]

the

hairy

dog

sat

in

the

corner

of

the

room

the

hairy

dog

sat

in

the

corner

of

the

room

the

hairy

dog

sat

in

the

corner

of

the

room

the

hairy

dog

sat

in

the

corner

of

the

room

the

ice cream

is

in

the

back

of

the

fridge

the

ice cream

is

in

the

back

of

the

fridge

the

ice cream

is

in

the

back

of

the

fridge

the

ice cream

is

in

the

back

of

the

fridge

I

shop

at

the

grocery store

on

main street

I

shop

at

the

grocery store

on

main street

I

shop

at

the

grocery store

on

main street

I

shop

at

the

grocery store

on

main street

Which

of

the

pages

in

this

book

ripped

Which

of

the

pages

in

this

book

ripped

Which

of

the

pages

in

this

book

ripped

Which

of

the

pages

in

this

book

ripped

Can

you

fit

between

the

roots

of

this

tree

Can

you

fit

between

the

roots

of

this

tree

Can

you

fit

between

the

roots

of

this

tree

Can

you

fit

between

the

roots

of

this

tree