\LPrr om.Q@AnM, iam.ahbLl1980 Lookout Drive * Mankato, MN 56003-1705 B00-59P.READ + wrrw.chideworld com ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Childs World®: Mary Berendes, Publishing Director The Design Lab: Design ond page production Red line Editorial: Edtoria|drecton + by ery means wehout writen permission hom he publithor IBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING:IN-PUBLICATION DATA rich, Arn, Prepottions / by Ann Hoinch;latoted by Dan cGeehon ond 2010011460 Prined inthe Unted States of America in Mankato, Minnesota, Jely 2010 Frise ved. No pett ofthis book may be reproduced or ulized in ABOUT THE AUTHOR ‘Ann Heinrichs wos lucky. Every year from ees big, fat grammar textbook and a grammar Ree a nto for life. She is now the author of more than lee ete Sho has cso enjoyed successful carvers as ee un) ee ae en ee ‘Ackaraos, ord lives in Chicago, Ilinois. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATORS Dan McGeehan spent his younger years 05 on actor, outhor, playwright, conoonist, Se eet ian) a eet} daughter draw inspires Dovid to ilustrato Err cnes TABLE OF CONTENTS What Is a Preposition? It Never Stands Alone At the Beginning One Will Do According to Me Lots of Prepositions! How to Learn More Glossary Index 12 14 16 20 22 23 24 24"wy C€vD* "OU © What Is a Preposition? In the morning, Skipper runs between the rows of apple trees along the edge of the park. All the red words in this sentence are prepositions. They connect words with one another. Many prepositions are short words—in, On, Of, at, and by. Others are much longer, such as between, Outside, underneath, and throughout. oat | al eron acl PPr me enDbD. arnnl ©I like snacks What would you do without prepositions? You'd around midnight. have trouble saying anything at all! Prepositions can point out a time. on Tuesday in duly at noon by three o'clock around midnight between Classes ® es eS a@ Prepositions can point out a place. the chair in school at the \ibrary y the benches around the corner between your eyes(6) ( "wy Cvv* amelie” 3: € Or, they can help describe something. the monstet with the blue nose books for class from 1 exo5 ef a \ongnom ste monster with eeeIt Never Stands Alone The object answers a question: Whom? Where? When? Put the hamster’s cage behind the couch. Put the cage behind where? This story was written about me. Behind the couch. This trophy’ belongs to her. T’ve been confused until now. A preposition never stands alone. It is always 0 Pre me 00D. .nn bl followed by the word or words it is linking to the rest of the sentence. This word or phrase is called the object. The orange words above are prepositions. The italic words are objects. Ly ® ‘s) —— eS es eeAt the Beginning A preposition and its object can also go at the beginning of a sentence. When this phrase comes La ging R Teyana Monee can see me! In the shadows, a yellow bird appeared. Across the marsh, we heard the sounds of croaking frogs. At sunset, the quards lowered the flag. = > > ) sy first, a comma (,) usually follows it. >» a ) ) >»- One Will Do The monster likes fish for breakfast and for lunch. Some flowers grow in spring, in summer, and in fall. Sometimes you don’t have to repeat the preposition. These sentences work better if you remove the extra prepositions. The monster likes fish for breakfast and lunch. c . ome flowers grow in Spring, summer, and fall. "wee Cevur 'V*’ VU ®Sometimes people use two prepositions in a row when one will do just fine. indowsill. The pie fell off O€ the windowsil The critter stayed inside O¢ its cave "wy C€vuo* Sa PPr me 0enDd,. ai hl ®According to Me He was out of control. I'll have peas instead of broccoli. According to Bill, the party’s over. Sometimes several words act together as a preposition. In this case, you need all the words. Other examples are in addition to, in regard to, on account of, in spite of. fa) ) oS) ee Me eeLots of Prepositions! A frog sits on) a log in the reeds near the edge of the pond. Sometimes it takes a lot of prepositions to say what you mean! The sentence above tells exactly where that frog is. How many prepositions can you use in a sentence? ae a a How to Learn More AT THE LIBRARY. Cleary, Brian P. Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is a Preposition? Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda, 2002. Harris, Trudy. Over, Under, In and Ouch! Brookfield, CT: Millbrook, 2003. Heller, Ruth. Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions. New York: Putnam Juvenile, 1998. McClarnon, Marciann. Painless Junior Grammar. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2007. Reeg, Cynthia. Kitty Kerplunking: Preposition Fun. St. Louis, MO: Guardian Publishing, 2007. Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Classroom Edition. Dir. Tom Warburton. Interactive DVD. Walt Disney, 2007. ON THE WEB Visit our home page for lots of links about grammar: childsworld.com/links NOTE TO PARENTS, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS: We routinely check our Web links to make sure they're soe, active stesso encourage your readers to check them out! @) Q C < c @ ¢ 4