1. PREPOSITION PRACTICE

2. WHAT IS A PREPOSITION? A preposition is one of the eight parts of speech. Some common prepositions include Except, before, after, of, to, from, for, during, beside, between, among, into, above, below, include, like, as, at, in, since, within, near, through, toward, within, etc. A preposition cannot be the subject, verb, or object of the sentence.

3. A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE Adds Information Functions as an Adjective or Adverb A prepositional phrase always contains extra information; therefore, it cannot function as an essential part of the sentence.

4. A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE IS NOT AN INFINITIVE To + Noun or Pronoun = Prepositional Phrase To + Verb = Infinitive

5. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE Prepositional Phrase = Preposition + Object (a noun or pronoun) There may be adjectives and/or adverbs modifying the object of the preposition; they are located between the preposition and its object. Because it provides additional information, the prepositional phrase can describe, or modify, a noun, adjective, or adverb. Hatter dashes through the looking glass to save Alyss from Redd. ObjectPreposition Object

6. USES OF THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE Adverb: Hatter dashes through the looking glass to save Alyss from Redd. Adjective: The kitten in the market appears to be sweet and harmless. Modifies the verb Modifies the infinitive Modifies the noun

7. BREAK IT DOWN The kitten in the market appears to be sweet and harmless. Verb Noun Conjunction Identify the part of speech for each word. Preposition Article Infinitive Adjective

8. Hatter dashes [ through] the looking glass to save Alyss [ from] Redd. Underline the prepositional phrase. Put [brackets] around the preposition. Circle its object. Identify its function within the sentence. MARK IT UP Adverb

9. In Wondertropolis on Alyss’s birthday, they have a celebration in her honor. Notice that the only time a comma is needed with a prepositional phrase is when there are two or more prepositional phrases or one long prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence. PUNCTUATION

10. PRACTICE Sentence 1

11. UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCE the civil war one of the bloodiest it was no doubt but of recorded history in all the longest hadn’t been

12. BREAK IT DOWN Identify the part of speech for each word in the previous sentence. The civil war hadn’t been the longest in all of recorded history, but no doubt, it was one of the bloodiest.

13. The civil war hadn’t been the longest in all of recorded history, but no doubt, it was one of the bloodiest wars. MARK IT UP Underline the prepositional phrase. Put [brackets] around the preposition. Circle the preposition’s object.

14. IMITATE THE SENTENCE Using the previous sentence as a guide, create your own sentence. The civil war hadn’t been the longest [in] all [of] recorded history, but no doubt, it was one [of] the bloodiest wars.

15. PRACTICE Sentence 2

16. UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCE to make a move first each watched and waited for an opportunity to wrest control from her keeping a none-too-friendly eye on the other families in case they happened

17. BREAK IT DOWN Identify the part of speech for each word in the previous sentence. Each watched and waited for an opportunity to wrest control from her, keeping a none- too-friendly eye on the other families in case they happened to make a move first.

18. MARK IT UP Underline the prepositional phrase. Put [brackets] around the preposition. Circle the preposition’s object.

19. IMITATE IT Using the previous sentence as a guide, create your own sentence. Each watched and waited [for] an opportunity to wrest control [from] her, keeping a none-too-friendly eye [on] the other families in case they happened to make a move first.

20. PRACTICE Sentence 3

21. UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCE from the Everlasting Forest to the Valley of Mushrooms Wonderlanders had come to celebrate the seventh birthday of their future queen who, as it happened, was bored out of her wits

22. BREAK IT DOWN Identify the part of speech for each word in the previous sentence. From the Everlasting Forest to the Valley of Mushrooms, Wonderlanders had come to celebrate the seventh birthday of their future queen, who, as it happened, was bored out of her wits.

23. MARK IT UP From the Everlasting Forest to the Valley of Mushrooms, Wonderlanders had come to celebrate the seventh birthday of their future queen, who, as it happened, was bored out of her wits. Underline the prepositional phrase. Put [brackets] around the preposition. Circle the preposition’s object.

24. IMITATE IT Using the previous sentence as a guide, create your own sentence. [From] the Everlasting Forest [to] the Valley [of] Mushrooms, Wonderlanders had come to celebrate the seventh birthday [of] their future queen, who, as it happened, was bored [out of] her wits.

25. PRACTICE Sentence 4

26. UNSCRAMBLE THE SENTENCE on the cobbled lane below for him among the Wonderlanders gathered to watch the Inventors’ Parade she searched

27. BREAK IT DOWN Identify the part of speech for each word in the previous sentence. She searched for him among the Wonderlanders gathered to watch the Inventors’ Parade on the cobbled lane below.

28. MARK IT UP She searched for him among the Wonderlanders gathered to watch the Inventors’ Parade on the cobbled lane below. Underline the prepositional phrase. Put [brackets] around the preposition. Circle the preposition’s object.

29. IMITATE IT Using the previous sentence as a guide, create your own sentence. She searched [for] him [among] the Wonderlanders gathered to watch the Inventors’ Parade [on] the cobbled lane below.