WHAT ARE ALL OF THESE EXAMPLES OF ?PREPOSITIONS!

ABOUT ABOVE ACROSS AFTER AGAINST ALONG AMONG AROUND AT BEFORE BEHIND BELOW BESIDE BETWEEN BY DOWN DURING FOR FROM IN INTO NEAR TO OF ON OUT OVER THROUGH TO UNDER UNTIL WITH

LETS BEGIN, WHAT ARE PREPOSITIONS?

PREPOSITIONS: Indicate LOCATION Link NOUNS or PRONOUNS to a sentence

Usually answer the questions: WHERE & WHEN?

Almost ALWAYS followed by a noun or pronoun but sometimes there can be an adjective or article in between The preposition and the group of words that follow the preposition are called the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

Examples: The book is on the table We were at the pool

PREPOSITIONS THAT INDICATE LOCATION

Prepositions of location show where something is The puppy is on the floor.

The puppy is in the trash can.

The puppy is beside the phone.

PREPOSITIONS THAT INDICATE TIME

IN Used for months, years, and periods of time (ex. in May & in 2013) AT Used for precise time (ex. At 5 oclock, at 6:30, at 1 p.m.) ON Used with days of the week and specific calendar days (ex. On Monday, on Christmas)

Identify the correct prepositions for each of the following sentences 1. _________ September (at, in, on) 2. _________ 2 oclock (at, in, on) 3. ________ winter (at, in, on) 4. _________ Tuesday (at, in, on) ANSWERS: In September At 2oclock In winter On Tuesday

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
Prepositional Phrases include the PREPOSITION and its OBJECT If the preposition doesnt have an object when used in a sentence, then it is NOT function as a preposition

PREPOSITION + OPTIONAL MODIFIER + NOUN OR PROUNOUN

Ex. At school What is the preposition? What is the noun?
Ex. According to us

What is the preposition? What is the pronoun?

HOW CAN WE MEMORIZE PREPOSITIONS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vphZwqus 5E

(By making songs)

Or by reading more, since theyre idiomatic

NOW, LETS PRACTICE.

Work with a partner to identify the prepositions & objects of the sentences below:

1. Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony

2. He stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni 3. Mind the music and the steps and with the girls be handy

REVIEW
Yankee Doodle went

to town riding on a pony

To is the preposition & Town is the noun following it

On is the preposition , a is the article, and pony is the noun

He stuck a feather

in his hat and called it macaroni

In is the preposition, his is the pronoun, hat is the object or noun Mind the music and the steps and

with the girls be handy

With is the preposition, the is the article, and girls are the noun/object

NOW ITS YOUR TURN TO SHOW OFF WHAT YOUVE LEARNED ABOUT PREPOSITIONS!

With a partner, write a paragraph (approx. 5-6 sentences) using as many prepositions as you can! Be creative. Whichever pair has the most prepositions in their paragraph when I call TIME! wins.