PREPOSITIONS

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PREPOSITIONS
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What is a preposition?
A preposition shows how a noun or a pronoun
relates to another word in a sentence.
He is sitting beside the girl.
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Shows location
The girl went into the house.
or timing
He laughed during the show.
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Most commonly used prepositions
with
in
at
by
to
for
of
from
on
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Examples of sentences
with Prepositions
The store closes at midnight. We just got home
from the mall. Shelia is going to Wal-Mart.
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Commonly used prepositions
Before Behind Below Beneath Beside Between Beyond
But(Except) By
Down During For From In Inside Into Like Near
Of Off On Onto Out Outside Over Past Through
To Toward Under Underneath Until Up Upon With With
out
About Above Across After Against Along Among Aroun
d At
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What is the object of a preposition?
Noun/pronoun that follows the preposition
He drove to the store. The dancers arrived before
lunch. Walk across the street and into the
store. He looked under the table and near the
porch.
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Identify the preposition in each of the following
sentences.

1. She walked to the window.
2. The books are on the table.
3. The juice is on the table near the canned fruit.
4. What would you like with your cereal?
5. We live behind a grove of trees.

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Write three prepositions that could complete each
sentence.

1. They waited _________ the phone.
2. She threw a rock ________ the creek.
3. The address was ________ the door.
4. The book ______ the table is mine.
5. Put them ______ the basket.

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Circle the preposition and underline the object.

1. The children are under the bench.
2. We rented a cabin at Lost lake, near the Peaks of
   Otter.
3. We traveled through a long tunnel.
4. The mountains sloped toward the ocean.
5. The speaker talked for two long hours.

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What is a prepositional phrase?
A group of words that begin with a preposition
and end with a noun(s) or pronoun(s)/object
EX The Pueblo people live in the
Southwest. Prepositional Phrase-in the
Southwest. Object of Prepositional Phrase
Southwest
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II. Sometimes, sentences will contain more than
one prepositional phrase.
The ancestors of the Pueblos, the Anasazi, made
their home in high cliffs.
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III. Compound Objects

1. More than one object (noun, pronoun) following
   the preposition
2. They settled in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and
   Colorado.

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How can you make
your writing smoother?
By reducing a sentence to a prepositional phrase
and combining it with another sentence.
EX The Pueblos later built more elaborate
homes. They built them of stone and adobe. NEW
SENTENCE The Pueblos later built more elaborate
homes of stone and adobe.
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Identify the prepositional phrase and circle the
object.

1. Imagine a huge forest growing in a hot, steamy
   environment.
2. In a tropical rainforest, the tallest trees rise
   nearly two hundred feet above the ground.
3. Direct sunlight reaches only the highest of their
   branches.
4. Only dim light filters through the leaves to the
   ground.
5. Thunderstorms occur often throughout the year.
6. However, few raindrops fall directly to the
   ground.

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1. Water drips down tree trunks or falls from
   leaves.
2. The place teems with wildlife.
3. Many animals spend their entire lives in the
   trees.
4. Frogs, toads, lizards, and snakes dwell among the
   branches.

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Combine the following sentences by reducing one
sentence to a prepositional phrase and combining
it with the other sentence.

• The sixth grade hall is very crowded. It was
  filled with lots of students going different
  places.
• The cave was a large, dark place. It was hidden
  in the mountains.
• 3) At the heart of the community was a kiva. It
  was used for meetings and ceremonies.
• 4) I love to go to the movies. I love going to
  the movies with friends.