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PREPOSITIONS
GRAMMAR REVIEW #2
WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?
PREPOSITION
A WORD THAT SHOWS THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NOUN OR A
PRONOUN AND ANOTHER WORD
IN THE SENTENCE
THINK!!!!!
PREPOSTION = A WORD THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN AND ANOTHER WORD IN
THE SENTENCE
PIG = NOUN
PUDDING = OTHER WORD
The pig in the pudding…
The pig next to the pudding…
The pig under the pudding…
The pig with the pudding…
EXAMPLES: PREPOSITIONS
ABROAD
ABOUT
ABOVE
ACROSS
AFTER
AGAINST
ALONG
AMONG
AROUND
AS
AT
BEFORE
BEHIND
BELOW
BENEATH
BESIDE
BETWEEN
BEYOND
BUT (EXCEPT)
BY
DESPITE
DOWN
DURING
EXCEPT
FOR
FROM
IN
INSIDE
INTO
LIKE
NEAR
OF
OFF
ON
ONTO
OPPOSITE
OUT
OUTSIDE
OVER
PAST
SINCE
THROUGH
THROUGHOUT
TILL
TO
TOWARD
UNDER
UNDERNEATH
UNTIL
UP
UPON
WITH
WITHIN
WITHOUT
EXAMPLES: COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS
ACCORDING TO
AHEAD OF
APART FROM
AS OF
ASIDE FROM
BECAUSE OF
BY MEANS OF
IN ADDITION TO
IN BACK OF
IN FRONT OF
IN PLACE OF
IN SPITE OF
INSTEAD OF
IN VIEW OF
NEXT TO
ON ACCOUNT OF
ON TOP OF
OUT OF
PRIOR TO
PREPOSITIONS
MUST BE
PART OF A
PHRASE!!!!!
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
PHRASE = GROUP OF WORDS THAT DOES
NOT CONTAIN A SUBJECT AND A VERB
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = ALWAYS,
ALWAYS, ALWAYS BEGINS WITH
P R E P O S I T I O N A N D E N D S W I T H A N O U N OR
A PRONOUN
PREPSOTIONAL PHRASES
 PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = BEGINS WITH A
PREPOSITION AND ENDS WITH A NOUN/PRONOUN
 throughout the meatloaf
 among the chickens
 NO LIMIT ON MODIFIERS!!!!


under the leathery, large, yet amiable hippo
apart from the rotten, moldy, smelly cheese
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
 You can have a COMPOUND OBJECT OF
PREPOSITION ending a prepositional phrase!
 Because Mookie is planning a trip to
Maryland, Michigan, and Mars, he needs
ninety-two pairs of socks.
 ANY NUMBER OF PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES IN
SENTENCE!!!!
 PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES GO ANYWHERE IN
SENTENCE!!
CAUTION!!!!
CAUTION #1  “TO” IS NOT ALWAYS A
PREPOSITION
“TO” WITH A VERB = AN INFINITIVE
IT IS HARD TO PLAY THE FIDDLE
WHILE YOU TWIDDLE YOUR THUMBS.
CAUTION!!!!
CAUTION #2  SOMETIMES A WORD CAN BE
A PREPOSITION IN ONE SENTENCE AND AN
ADVERB IN ANOTHER.
A D V E R B = T E L L S W H E N , W H E R E , W H Y , O R T O
WHAT EXTENT ABOUT A VERB, ADJECTIVE, OR
ANOTHER ADVERB
R E M E M B E R : A P R E P O S I T I O N A L W A Y S B E G I N S A
PHRASE THAT ENDS IN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN
CAUTION: ADVERBS VS.
PREPOSITIONS
EXAMPLE (preposition): The bee buzzed
inside Vladimir’s ear.
EXAMPLE (adverb): The bee buzzed inside.
EXAMPLE(preposition): Ronald just fell off
the turnip truck.
EXAMPLE (adverb): Ronald fell off.