Adverb or Adverb or Preposition?Preposition?

What Part of Speech What Part of Speech Are These Words?Are These Words?

AboutAbout AboveAbove AroundAround Before Before BehindBehind

BelowBelow

DownDown

InIn

InsideInside

NearNear

OutOut

OutsideOutside

OverOver

ThroughThrough

UpUp

Adverb or Preposition?Adverb or Preposition?

The following 15 words can be an The following 15 words can be an adverbadverb or or prepositionpreposition depending depending on how they are used in a on how they are used in a sentence:sentence:

AboutAbout AboveAbove AroundAround Before Before BehindBehind

BelowBelow

DownDown

InIn

InsideInside

NearNear

OutOut

OutsideOutside

OverOver

ThroughThrough

UpUp

Adverb or Preposition?Adverb or Preposition?

A A prepositional phraseprepositional phrase consists consists of a preposition followed of a preposition followed closely by a closely by a nounnoun or or pronoun pronoun (called the object of the (called the object of the preposition or OP)preposition or OP)..An An adverbadverb modifies a modifies a verbverb, ,

adjectiveadjective, or another , or another adverbadverb and and tells…tells…•WhenWhen

•WhereWhere•HowHow•To what extent/degreeTo what extent/degree•With what probabilityWith what probability•How oftenHow often•Under what conditionUnder what condition

Adverb or Preposition?Adverb or Preposition?To determine if a word is To determine if a word is functioning as an adverb or functioning as an adverb or preposition, use this test:preposition, use this test:See if there is a See if there is a nounnoun or or pronounpronoun that closely follows the that closely follows the word and answers word and answers who?who? or or what?what? (which makes it the (which makes it the OPOP). If the ). If the answer is…answer is…

•YES!YES! Then the word is a Then the word is a PREPOSITIONPREPOSITION!!•NO! NO! Then the word is anThen the word is an ADVERB! ADVERB!

Adverb or Preposition?Adverb or Preposition?

The jogger ran The jogger ran byby quickly. quickly.

The jogger ran The jogger ran byby my house my house quickly.quickly.

Adverb - because NO noun or pronoun (OP) follows it

preposition - because the noun house (which is the

OP) follows it

Adverb, not a noun or pronoun

noun

Adverb or Preposition?Adverb or Preposition?

We walked We walked aroundaround and shopped. and shopped.

We walked We walked aroundaround the mall and the mall and shopped.shopped.

Adverb - because NO noun or pronoun (OP) follows it

preposition - because the noun mall (which is the OP)

follows it

conjunction, not a noun or pronoun

verb, not a noun or pronoun

Adverb or Preposition?Adverb or Preposition?

Jane was running Jane was running behindbehind the bus.the bus.

Jane was running Jane was running behindbehind..

preposition - because the noun bus (which is the OP)

follows it

adverb - because NO noun or pronoun (OP) follows it.

Adverb or Preposition?Adverb or Preposition?

We ducked We ducked insideinside to get out of the rain. to get out of the rain.

We ducked We ducked insideinside the store to get out the store to get out of the rain.of the rain.

adverb - because NO noun or pronoun (OP) closely

follows it

preposition - because the noun store (which is the

OP) follows it.