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PREPOSITIONS

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    • Location (on, under, in)
    • Timing (before, after, during)
    • Direction (from, toward, to)

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A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.

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    • Location (on, under, in)
    • Timing (before, after, during)
    • Direction (from, toward, to)

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A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.

The baseball player in the white shirt

hit a homerun.

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A word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.

on her boat before noon

in a house during class

near the goat about a goon

under a mouse without a pass

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You MUST memorize the prepositions!

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Common Prepositions

without

under

over

of

for

beyond

before

against

within

toward

outside

near

except

between

at

after

with

to

out

into

during

beside

around

across

upon

through

onto

inside

down

beneath

among

above

up

since

on

in

by

below

amid

about

until

past

off

from

but (except)

behind

along

aboard

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    • Location (on, under, in)
    • Timing (before, after, during)
    • Direction (from, toward, to)

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The baseball player in the white shirt

hit a homerun.

OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase.

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IMPORTANT!

If there is no object of the preposition (if the preposition is not part of a phrase), then it is not a preposition—it is an adverb.

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    • Location (on, under, in)
    • Timing (before, after, during)
    • Direction (from, toward, to)

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The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase.

on her boat before noon

in a house during class

near the goat about a goon

under a mouse without a pass

OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION

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Always begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

Write sentences for these prepositional phrases:

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Modifies a noun or pronoun

It answers the same questions an adjective would:

Which one? What kind? How many?

The puppy in the shop window jumped up.

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The puppy jumped to the food.

Modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb

It answers the same questions an adverb would:

Where? When? How?

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The gecko climbed up the wall.

The gecko climbed up.

The gecko climbed up on the wall.

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Identify the prepositional phrases and the objects of the preposition:

  • The paper with the blue border is floating through the air.
  • Jordan’s eyes sparkle like a sunny day.
  • With great ease, Michael jumped up on the table.

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  • The paper with the blue border is floating through the air.
  • Jordan’s eyes sparkle like a sunny day.
  • With great ease, Michael jumped up on the table.

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  • The tadpoles are below the surface of the pond.
  • I jumped up and Amy jumped down.
  • Is Taylor near?
  • Erin looked across the bus to the purple-haired boy.