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Topic/Objective: Prepositions/Prepositional Phrases
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prepositions
Show position, direction or how 2 words or ideas are related
The object of the preposition and another word in the sentence
Ex.
Raul hid under the stairs.
Prepositional phrase
Where did Raul hide?
A preposition is always part of a prepositional phrase
includes
Preposition, object of preposition, and any modifiers
Ex.
Raul’s friends looked in the clothes hamper.
Function in sentence
Adjective (describes a noun) or an adverb (describes a verb)
Adjective Ex.
They checked the closet with all the winter coats.
Adverb Ex.
They wandered around the house looking for him. Wandered where?
Important Note
Which closet?
If a “preposition” appears in a sentence without an object, then it is not a preposition, it
Is most likely an adverb.
Ex.
The dog wanted to go outside. Outside is not a preposition because it has no object.
The dog wanted to go outside the fence. Fence is the object of the preposition.
Obj. of Prep. The object of the preposition is a noun.
Ex.
Rap is now a common music choice in this country.
An object pronoun --- object of a preposition
Ex. She thinks these flowers are from him.
Object pronouns include: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
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