Prepositions

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Prepositions

• Lets tackle something a little more challenging!

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What is a Preposition?

• A preposition is a joining word that shows
  relationship between things in a sentence
• Example
• The car skidded around the corner.

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Common Prepositions
at in of on to by for off out up down from past since with through against along among around about above across after behind below beneath beside between beyond before during onto outside over toward under until upon without
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Where is a preposition located in a sentence?

• A preposition is a word that comes at the
  beginning of a short group of words called a
  prepositional phrase.
• Prepositional phrases always follow the same
  pattern they always begin with a preposition
  and end with a noun, an adjective noun, or a
  pronoun
• A preposition is never followed by a verb

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Here are some examples

• in the basket
• over the mountain
• beside the wooden fence
• with the baseball cap
• of the students
• on the map
• into the city
• among the general population

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A preposition followed by a noun

• at the ____________
• on my desk
• over the fence
• in the ____________

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A preposition followed by adjective(s) noun

• into the _______________
• between the yellow taxis
• beneath the dark, cloudy sky
• along the twisting, hilly road

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A preposition followed by a pronoun

• to __________
• by him
• for __________
• without her
• the car (in the driveway) is (for her).

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Your turn

• Circle the preposition
• Draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun that follows
  it
• Examples
• The dog ran into the garage.
• The mouse scampered under the big desk.

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1. The airplane soared above the people on the
   hiking trail.
2. The large eagle suddenly pounced on the
   unsuspecting rabbit
3. When the hikers reached the end of the trail,
   they pitched their tents by the shore.
4. White puffy clouds could be seen on the horizon.

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• The campers sat on the rocks and watched the
  sunset.
• Behind the trees, a rustling sound could be
  heard.
• A black bear wandered into the campsite.
• The campers sitting behind the tent jumped to
  their feet

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1. Immediately they grabbed pots and pans from the
   packs and began banging them together.
2. The bear turned quickly and fled into the woods.
3. After their supper, they cleaned up and watched
   for him.
4. The campers were startled by the unexpected
   visitor and decided to dangle the food pack from
   a high tree branch.