Prepositions

What are Prepositions?

◦ Short words that combined with a noun or a pronoun helps us to;
◦ Describe places or direction.
◦ They never change their spellings
◦ They are connectors in a sentence.
Preposition of Location
◦ Words that describe the place where an object is.
◦ Three main prepositions of location are:
◦ On
The shoes are on the floor.
The baby sleeps on the bed.
o In
My sister sleeps in her room.
I drive in my car.
o At
We eat at dinning room.
Joshua works at the school.
Preposition of Location
◦ Above
◦ The plane flew above the clouds.
◦ Below
◦ The drivers went 400 meters below the sea level.
◦ Next to
◦ I was seated next to the teacher.
◦ In between
◦ The keys where in between the books.
◦ Behind
◦ Maria sat behind her friend Lola in Math class.
◦ Under
◦ His shoes where under the bed.
Preposition of Movement
◦ Words that show direction or movement
◦ The most common prepositions of movement are:
◦ To (specific destination)
I am going to school.
The bathroom is to your left.

◦ Towards ( direction of movement)

Carlos walked towards me.

◦ Through
The train went through the tunnel.
Preposition of Movement
◦ Into
Armando got into the car.

◦ Across
We walked across the room.

◦ Up
Lisa is going up the stairs to her room.

Along
We walked along the beach.