Prepositions

Prepositions connect a noun or pronoun object with another

word in the sentence.

Prepositions Showing Location

• above• across• against• along• among• around• at• behind

• below• beside• between• beyond• by• down• from• in

More Location Preps

• inside• into• near• off• on• out• outside• over

• past• through• to• toward• under• underneath• up• within

Prepositions Showing Time

• after

• as

• before

• during

• since

• until

Other Prepositions

• about

• despite

• except

• for

• like

• of

• per

• than

• with

• without

Prepositional Phrase

• a prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun

• a prepositional phrase is never the subject or the verb of a sentence

Examples

• After school we walked to the library.

• Mary sits behind you in science class.

• Down the road galloped the horse.

• The plane flew above the clouds.

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Practice, Practice, Practice

• Jane lives across the street from me.

• We went to the beach.

• Some boys crawled under the car.

• They stopped along the road for five minutes.

• During skiing season our family went to a lodge for a weekend.

Even More Practice

• The cars travel below the river and through the tunnel.

• The telephone rang in the middle of the night.

• Below the sink is the garbage can.

• Everyone except Mary left by noon.

• Outside the building the cats and dogs played.

Homework

• The plane flew ________ the clouds.

• You are to illustrate eight (8) different pictures, with eight different prepositions, showing the connection between the plane and the clouds.

The plane flew around the clouds.

The plane flew between the clouds.