1. Prepositional Phrases
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2. Prepositions
Show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence
What’s a noun?
Person, place, thing, idea (Miss Travis)
What’s a pronoun?
A word that can be a substitute for a noun (She)

3. The sound of a jazz band filled the kitchen.
Prepositions
Here are a few examples:
The sound of a jazz band filled the kitchen.
The music was coming from a radio.
“of” shows the relationship between sound and band
“from” shows the relationship between music and radio

4. Commonly Used Prepositions
About
Above
Across
After
Against
Along
Among
Around As At
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Between
Beyond By
Despite
Down
During
Except
For
From In
Inside
Into
like
Near Of
Toward
Under
Underneath
Until Up
Upon
With
Within
without

5. Find the Preposition
The phone had been off the hook all morning. Ever since her 40th birthday, everyone has been telling my mom she is over the hill. Underneath my bed you will find boxes of old love notes I can’t stand to part with.

6. Compound Prepositions
These are prepositions that consist of more than one word Jazz legend Louis Armstrong sang in addition to playing the trumpet. When entertainers perform a style of music called rapping, they yell nonsense instead of words.

7. Commonly Used Compound Prepositions
According to
Aside from
Because of
By means of
In addition to
In front of
In place of
In spite of
Instead of
On account of
Out of
Prior to

8. Find the Compound Preposition
Michael came by means of train when his car broke down right before he was supposed to leave. I stopped at the store prior to coming to school because Mrs. Frye’s SRT class ate all our candy.

9. Prepositional Phrases
Consist of a preposition and its object, and any modifiers of the object.
The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition
Prepositional phrases often express relationships of location, direction, or time

10. Prepositional Phrases
Many early jazz bands played in New Orleans
EXPRESSES
LOCATION
Preposition
Object of Preposition

11. Prepositional Phrases
The sounds came from a radio.
EXPRESSES
LOCATION
Preposition
Object of Preposition

12. Prepositional Phrases
Musicians traveled to other large cities.
Preposition
EXPRESSES
DIRECTION
Object of Preposition

13. Prepositional Phrases
During the 1920s, jazz swept the country.
EXPRESSES
TIME
Preposition
Object of Preposition

14. Identify It: Where’s the Preposition?
In between the cashews and peanuts, you will find the almonds. I found crumbs underneath the kitchen table, how gross! I saw the napkins toward the top of the shelf.