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A Preposition
Is a word that showsthe relationship ofone word in asentences to
another word.
Shows therelationship between
a noun and another word in the sentencesuch as
A verb And adjectiveOr other noun
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Understanding prepositions A preposition can be
One wordon , at, in
A phrase (a group of words)
ontop of, across from
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Prepositions are followed byNounsat home, on water,
Pronounsin it, next to me,
Noun Phrasesacross from the tall building
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There are four things that a
prepositions tells1. Location2. Direction
3. Time
4. Relationship
1. Where someone orsomething is.
2. Where something isgoing.
3. When somethinghappens.
4. The relationshipbetween a noun or apronoun and another word
in a sentence.
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Prepositions are followed byNounsat home, on water,
Pronounsin it, next to me,
Noun Phrasesacross from the tall building
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Location
Debbies dog isoutside
its cageOther prepositions that show location:
In, on, near, under, and inside
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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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DirectionDebbies dog ran to the cage.
Other prepositions that show direction: Around, toward, through,
and beside.
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TimeDuring carnival I lost my dog the cage.
Other prepositions that show time: During, until.
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RelationshipOther 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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Some prepositions
About, above, abroad,across, after, against,along, among,
around,as, at, before, behind,below, beneath, besides,between,
down, during,except, beyond, but, by,for from, in, inside,
into,near, of, off, on, onto,
Out, outside, over, past,since, through,throughout, to,
toward,under, underneath,until, up, upon, with, within,
without.......
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Compound prepositions
According to Ahead of Along with As for Away fromBecause of
By way ofDue toExcept forIn addition to
In back ofIn case ofIn front ofIn regard toIn spite ofInstead
of
Out ofUp to With the exception of
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Prepositional PhrasesIs a group of two or more words that begins
with apreposition and ends with a noun or pronoun calledthe object
of the preposition. Every preposition has anobject
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ON We use this to mean that someone orsomething is
touching a surface.It means NOT IN and NOT UNDER.
Examples:
on the roadon the door
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