Preposition PowerPoint

The Preposition Preposition two nouns Three ways a preposition is found – location, timing, and direction. Location (On, under, in) Timing (Before, after, during) Direction (From, towards, to) -shows relationship between two nouns

Examples of Prepositions “He is sitting on the stool. Two things: he + stool Relationship: one is sitting on the other. The pencil is in my hand. Two things: pencil + hand Relationship: one is in the other

Practice The cow jumped over the fence. Over Two things: cow + fence Relationship: one jumped over the other Phil turned off the light. Off Two things: Phil + light Relationship: one turned off the other

Prepositional Phrases These are prepositional phrases: off the light over the fence on the stool Prepositional phrases start with a preposition and end with the object of the preposition.

What’s a Prepositional Phase Object of a prep: Must be a noun or pronoun always comes at the end of a prepositional phase. He turned off the light. The prepositional phrase is: off the light Object of the preposition Preposition

Practice Directions: Find the prepositional phrases then name the preposition and the object. I sat on the desk. Prepositional phrase: on the desk Preposition: on Object: desk

More practice I put the poster on the wall. Prepositional phrase: on the wall Preposition: on Object: wall

Review A preposition is… A part of speech that show relation between two nouns A prepositional phrase is… A phrase that starts with a preposition and ends with a object of a preposition. An object of a preposition is… a noun or pronoun