Prepositions!

1. Prepositions!

2. At no time during this clip were any prepositions injured . Well, maybe just a few. of off on onto out outside over among around at atop except for from up upon through throughout to toward under underneath until concerning down during about above across in inside into like near with within without! Take out a coversheet for your preposition test. Have you used your prepositions today? after against along amid past regarding since before behind below beneath beside between beyond but by

3. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun. into the house up a rope about Hawaii with frozen grapes under a tree A prepositional phrase is usually found at the end of sentences.

4. Prepositional Phrases (Get rid of the prep. phrases and you can easily find the subject and verb.) The bear went S V over the mountain. S V V Tom was excited this weekend. about his soccer plans S V The camel drank water in the desert.

5. S V S V V John ate outside the house. Tom was excited about the trip to California. S V The dog ran under the couch. S V A taxi driver ran over a curb. S V Their aunt plays tennis at a club.

6. More Prep. Phrases! S V The butler dusted the lamp inside the house. S V The baby crawled into the kitchen. S V The cool carrot popped up above the ground. Remember both preps.!

7. A preposition tells where something is!

8. behind atop beneath above beside near

9. He rode around the block. Sit by the door. A robin flew into the nest. Len fell over his bike. Come with me. The host talked to the audience. A worker threw garbage into the truck. Their aunt plays tennis at a club. The cherry pickers ate lunch under a tree. A corsage of pink roses was delivered. You