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CHAPTER 1
NOUNS
PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
VERBS
ADVERBS
PREPOSITION
CONJUCTION
INTERJECTION
PREPOSITIONS
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students must have:
 identified the common prepositions used in English language;
 written prepositional phrases to form sentence; and
 created sentences using compound prepositions.
 LESSON 6: PREPOSITIONS

A common preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a

pronoun and another word in the sentence.

POSITION

PRE
 I. Common Prepositions
Listed below are the common prepositions used in the
English language
aboard beneath in regarding
about beside inside since
above besides into through
across between like throughout
after beyond near to
against but* of toward
along by off under
amid concerning on underneath
among despite onto until
around down opposite unto
as during out up
at except outside upon
before excepting over with
behind for past within
below from pending without
 The silverware is inside the cabinet. [Inside shows the spatial relationship
of the silverware and the object of the preposition, cabinet.]
 All the guests arrived before dinner. [Before tells the time relationship
between the guests’ arrival and the object of the preposition, dinner.]
 He brought a gift for the host. [For relates gift to the object of the
preposition, host.]
 The man swam under the bridge. (Under connects the idea of swam and
bridge.) She walked down the aisle. (Down connects walked and aisle.)
 Julie walked around the campus and toward town. (Around connects
walked and campus. Toward connects walked and town.)
II. What Preposition Indicate

A. Place or position
Examples: under, near, between, in, at, around, above, across, along, below,
beneath

B. Direction and motion

Examples: to, from, at, by, across, around, about, up, down, toward, over

C. Time
Example: at, by, before, after, in, on, during, while, throughout, till, since, about,
for
III. Prepositional Phrases - A preposition always introduces a prepositional
phrase. A prepositional phrase ends in noun or pronoun called object of the
preposition. If the object has modifiers, they also are part of the prepositional
phrase. A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition, its object, and all the
words between them. Study the examples below, the prepositional phrase are
underlined.

Examples:
 At morning, she began her walk. (beginning)
 The light at the area was useful. (middle)
 Their house is near the forest and large lake. (end)
IV. Object of Prepositions – these are nouns or pronouns that can be found in the prepositional
phrase. Objects complete the meaning of prepositions they may or may not be modified.

A. Nouns as objects of prepositions

Example: near Jenny behind Lovegrace
In the blue sky along the road

B. Pronouns as object of prepositions

Examples: to her like youfrom them
around you below us before them
since you about whom around me
 Another type of preposition is the compound preposition. It does the same as a
common preposition but is composed of two or more words. Here are the most
common 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

out of prior to