The document discusses prepositions and defines them as words that show the relationship between one word in a sentence to another word. Prepositions can be single words like "on", "at", or "in", or they can be phrases. Prepositions are followed by nouns, pronouns, or noun phrases. They indicate location, direction, time, or relationship between words. Some examples of common prepositions and their uses are provided.
1. A Preposition
Is a word that shows Shows the
the relationship of relationship between
one word in a a noun and another
sentences to another word in the sentence
word. such as
A verb
And adjective
Or other noun
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3. Prepositions are followed by
Nouns
at home, on water,
Pronouns
in it, next to me,
Noun Phrases
across from the tall building
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4. There are four things that a
prepositions tells
1. Where someone or 1. Location
something is. 2. Direction
2. Where something is
going. 3. Time
3. When something
happens.
4. Relationship
4. The relationship
between a noun or a
pronoun and another
word in a sentence.
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5. Prepositions are followed by
Nouns
at home, on water,
Pronouns
in it, next to me,
Noun Phrases
across from the tall building
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6. Location
Debbie’s dog is outside its cage
Other prepositions that show location:
In, on, near, under, and inside
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7. “At” and “In”
“At”: The general place, a point.
at school, at the theater, at the beach…
“In”: an area, a place with limits.
in New York, in a swimming pool, in the box…
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8. Direction
Debbie’s dog ran to the cage.
Other prepositions that show direction:
Around, toward, through, and beside.
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9. Time
During carnival I lost my dog the cage.
Other prepositions that show time:
During, until.
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10. Relationship
Other prepositions show the relationship between a
noun or a pronoun and another word:
Sasha went to the Halloween party with Henry
The exciting book was written by Mark Twain.
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11. Some prepositions
About, above, abroad, Out, outside, over, past,
across, after, against, since, through,
along, among, around, throughout, to, toward,
as, at, before, behind, under, underneath,
below, beneath, besides, until, up, upon, with,
between, down, during, within, without.......
except, beyond, but, by,
for from, in, inside, into,
near, of, off, on, onto,
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12. Compound prepositions
According to In back of
Ahead of In case of
Along with In front of
As for In regard to
Away from In spite of
Because of Instead of
By way of Out of
Due to Up to
Except for With the exception of
In addition to
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13. Prepositional Phrases
Is a group of two or more words that begins with a
preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun called
the object of the preposition. Every preposition has an
object
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14. ON
We use this to mean that someone orsomething is
touching a surface.
It means NOT IN and NOT UNDER.
Examples:
on the road
on the door
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