Prepositions

The use and the power of the prepositions

On the table

under the table

after the rain

At the door

in the oven

with my sister

By the door

in the air

after dinner

A part of speech that shows a relationship between two things!!!!

Around the track

from the library

in Paris

What is a preposition???
A preposition is a part of speech that introduces a prepositional phrase or combines with a noun to form a phrase.

A preposition indicates a relation between things mentioned in a sentence.

Examples:
y y y y y y

The book is on the table. The book is beneath the table. The book is leaning against the table. The book is beside the table. She held the book over the table. She read the book during class.

The mouse is on the table!!!!

Two things:mouse +table Relationship:one is on the other

Location(on,under,in)

We ave a list f repositions!

y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y

aboard behind but (except) from off past until about amid below by in on since up above among

y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y

beneath down inside onto through upon across around beside during into out to with after at between except

y y y y y y y y y y y y

near outside toward within against before beyond for of over under without

Which word is a preposition?

y The girl by the door is my sister.
Girl by door my

The pizza in the oven is mine.

Pizza in oven mine

Prepositional phrase
y over the hill

behind the door after the fall behind my chair beyond the sunset amid the crowd

atop Mount Everest y During lunch y Without your coat y At Mary`s house

Prepositional phrase y I sat with my mom.

I sat with With my With my mom

Identify the prepositional phrase?????

Well done!!!
y.

You found the prepositional phrase!!!!

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Complete the exercise with the correct prepositions:
y Look

this painting. y the painting, you can see a little girl. y So, it is a painting a girl. y A famous painter painted it. So it is a painting a famous painter. y My grandma once owned the painting, but she gave it to me on my birthday. So it is a picture my grandma.

Prepositions of Location
IN (the) bed* the bedroom the car (the) class* the library* school* AT class* home the library* the office school* work ON the bed* the ceiling the floor the horse the plane the train NO PREPOS ITION downstai rs downtow n inside outside upstairs uptown

Remember!!!
y The object of a preposition: y -must be a noun or a pronoun y -always comes at the end of a prepositional phrase.

y A prepositional phrase starts with a preposition.

Some prepositions of location.

The climbers stood on top of the mountain.

Bill`s house is next to Jane`s house.

The man looked at the mail in the box.