If there is no object, it’s not a preposition. • Please stand up. (Up is an adverb in this sentence.) o OBJECT OF INFINITIVE infinitive and tells • “what?” I want to eat pizza • eat what?” - pizza (object of infinitive) o “to OBJECT OF GERUND gerund and tells • “what?” I like eating pizza. • what?” pizza (object of gerund) o “eating – PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE Group of words beginning with preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun • act as an adjective (I want a room with a view.) or adverb (His house is on the lake.) • GERUND PHRASE Gerund plus its modifiers and objects • Writing long essays can be fun. • PARTICIPLE PHRASE Participle plus its modifiers and objects • Running down the hall, he bumped into the principal. •
• If there is no object, it’s not a preposition. o Please stand up. (Up is an adverb in this sentence.) OBJECT OF INFINITIVE • infinitive and tells “what?” • I want to eat pizza o “to eat what?” - pizza (object of infinitive) OBJECT OF GERUND • gerund and tells “what?” • I like eating pizza. o “eating what?” – pizza (object of gerund) PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE • Group of words beginning with preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun • act as an adjective (I want a room with a view.) or adverb (His house is on the lake.) GERUND PHRASE • Gerund plus its modifiers and objects • Writing long essays can be fun. PARTICIPLE PHRASE • Participle plus its modifiers and objects • Running down the hall, he bumped into the principal.
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