Ilao ,John Paul B.

Reiñgen, Denzel Joseph l.

Rellon,Jester James P.

Azagra, Jemmuel Ruzzel Y.

PREPOSITION

Make it possible to show relationship between words. The relationship shown may involve .

• Location, direction, time, cause or possession.

• A preposition relates the noun or pronoun that appears with it to another word in the
sentence.

aboard ahead of aside from

about along as of

above alongside at

according to amid atop

across from along with barring

across among because of

after apart from before

against around behind

below despite like

beneath down near

beside during nearby

between except of

beyond for off

but from on

by in onto

by means of inside out

concerning Into opposit

See how the preposition relate the italicized words below.

LOCATION: The brush fire burned atop the hill.

DIRECTION: The brush fire burned toward our composite.

TIME: The fire burned for three days.

CAUSE: Smoke from the fire could be seen for miles.

A prepositional phrase is a group of words that includes a preposition and a noun or pronoun.

The noun or pronoun with a preposition is called the object of the preposition. Objects may have one or
more modifiers. A prepositional phrase may also have more than one object.

Examples:

• I walked slighty ahead of her.

• The shampoo bottle on the sheft was almost

empty.

In some question prepositional phrases are broken up.

Examples:

• What were we talking about?

• Where did this come from?