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the relationship of
one word in a
sentences to another
word.
relationship between
a noun and another
word in the sentence
such as
Miss Elena
A verb
And adjective
Or other noun
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Understanding prepositions
A preposition can be
One word
on, at, in
A phrase (a group of words)
ontop of, across from
Miss Elena
at home, on water,
Pronouns
Miss Elena
Miss Elena
Location
2. Direction
1.
3. Time
4. Relationship
at home, on water,
Pronouns
Miss Elena
Location
Debbies dog is outside its cage
Other prepositions that show location:
Miss Elena
At and In
At: The general place, a point.
Miss Elena
Direction
Debbies dog ran to the cage.
Miss Elena
Time
During carnival I lost my dog the cage.
Other prepositions that show time:
During, until.
Miss Elena
Relationship
Other prepositions show the relationship between a
noun or a pronoun and another word:
Sasha went to the Halloween party with Henry
The exciting book was written by Mark Twain.
Miss Elena
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Some prepositions
About, above, abroad,
Miss Elena
since, through,
throughout, to, toward,
under, underneath,
until, up, upon, with,
within, without.......
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Compound prepositions
According to
Ahead of
Along with
As for
Away from
Because of
By way of
Due to
Except for
In addition to
Miss Elena
In back of
In case of
In front of
In regard to
In spite of
Instead of
Out of
Up to
With the exception of
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Prepositional Phrases
Is a group of two or more words that begins with a
Miss Elena
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ON
We use this to mean that someone orsomething is
touching a surface.
It means NOT IN and NOT UNDER.
Examples:
on the road
on the door
Miss Elena
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Miss Elena
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