1. parts of speech prepositions

2. PREPOSITIONPREPOSITION Definition: a word showing the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence.

3. Easy examples: above across against among around at behind below beneath beside between beyond by down from in inside into near off on outoutsideover through to towardunder upupon -- even a group of words like: in front of out of over to down from The quick test – most prepositions will fit logically in this sentence: The fox jumped ______________ the log. (memorize this trick!)

4. But remember of, with, except, and like Many prepositions show direction and position. The prepositions that are more difficult to remember show time and cause. after beforeduring on account of sincebecause of

5. Location: Prepositions are used before nouns/pronouns to give additional information in a sentence. Ex. – Christie ran toward her house. Fascinating! We use prepositions more frequently than we do other kinds of words. In fact, the prepositions of, to and in are among the ten most frequently used words in English.

6. some compound prepositions: according to by way of in addition to in place of in regard to in spite of instead of

7. prepositional phrase contest challenge Below is an example – can you write a sentence with this many? TIP: Use a colon or a semicolon (for extra mileage)! I love my cat (with the furry, golden coat) (in a hundred ways), for she entertains me and adds joy (to my life) (from morning) (to midnight) (with her crazy antics); she dashes out (from under the bed), bounces (down the steps) (like a bunny), fetches paperwads (for fun), swats (at butterflies) (in midair), naps (in the sunbeams), shares popcorn (with me), gazes (at me) (with her wide, emerald eyes), purrs (at the sound) (of my voice), floats (onto the bed) to sleep (at my feet) (for the night) to rest (for another day). Below is an example – can you write a sentence with this many? TIP: Use a colon or a semicolon (for extra mileage)! I love my cat (with the furry, golden coat) (in a hundred ways), for she entertains me and adds joy (to my life) (from morning) (to midnight) (with her crazy antics); she dashes out (from under the bed), bounces (down the steps) (like a bunny), fetches paperwads (for fun), swats (at butterflies) (in midair), naps (in the sunbeams), shares popcorn (with me), gazes (at me) (with her wide, emerald eyes), purrs (at the sound) (of my voice), floats (onto the bed) to sleep (at my feet) (for the night) to rest (for another day). On a separate paper, write one grammatical (if ugly) sentence using as many prepositional phrases as possible.

8. prepositional phrase contest... and the winner is... As I made my way through the obstacle course, I jumped over a log, dove under a fence, swerved around a pole, ran through a tunnel, headed into a slide, and slid down it, and ended up in a house with blue stripes on the walls; so I ran out the door that was beside the chair, ended up in the front of the house, headed down the street, crawled over the road block, hopped on the sidewalk, jogged among the houses, zig-zagged through the mailboxes and ran like a cheetah towards the obstacle course’s finish line so that I could break through the banner and win the race. ~by Kelly Canavan 22 phrases!

9. prepositional phrase contest... and the winner is... As I made my way (through the obstacle course), I jumped (over a log), dove (under a fence), swerved (around a pole), ran (through a tunnel), headed (into a slide), and slid (down it), and ended up (in a house) (with blue stripes) (on the walls); so I ran (out the door), that was (beside the chair), ended up (in the front) (of the house), headed (down the street), crawled (over the road block), hopped (on the sidewalk), jogged (among the houses), zig-zagged (through the mailboxes) and ran (like a cheetah) (towards the obstacle course’s finish line) so that I could break (through the banner) and win the race. ~by Kelly Canavan 22 phrases!