1. Prepositions The “cupids” of sentences
A preposition is a word used to show a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.
Example: The dog is under the bed.
(under shows the relationship between dog and bed)
Your Turn: The boy ran behind the building.
The girl took the cat to the vet.

2. Prepositional Phrase What is it? What is the preposition’s object?
It consists of a preposition, its object, and any other modifiers of the object.
What is the preposition’s object?
It is the noun or pronoun following the preposition
Examples:
People communicate in many ways.
The field is located beside the warehouse.

3. Common Prepositions….
About behind during off to Above below except on toward Across beneath for onto under After beside from opposite underneath Against besides in out until Along between inside outside up Among beyond into over upon Around but like past with At by near since within Before down of through without The above words BUILD RELATIONSHIPS between two words within a sentence

4. Watch Out!!!!
A “preposition” MUST be a part of a “prepositional phrase”
Therefore…..IT MUST HAVE AN OBJECT!
Preposition (Yes)
The bird flew over the roof.
Preposition (No)
The bird flew inside.

5. How many prepositions are in the following paragraph?
The Amazonian rainforest is only two hundred miles wide along the Atlantic, but it stretches to twelve hundred miles wide at the foot of the Andes Mountains in Peru. The variety of plant life in the Amazonian rain forest is remarkable; in fact, of all rain forests in the world, this area may contain the greatest number of species of plants. Raw materials are shipped directly from ports deep in the rain forest, for oceangoing ships can sail more than two thousand miles up the Amazon.

6. Answers
The Amazonian rainforest is only two hundred miles wide along the Atlantic, but it stretches to twelve hundred miles wide at the foot of the Andes Mountains in Peru. The variety of plant life in the Amazonian rain forest is remarkable; in fact, of all rain forests in the world, this area may contain the greatest number of species of plants. Raw materials are shipped directly from ports deep in the rain forest, for oceangoing ships can sail more than two thousand miles up the Amazon.

7. What’s Left Behind…..
The Amazonian rainforest is only two hundred miles wide , but it stretches. The variety is remarkable; this area may contain the greatest number. Raw materials are shipped directly deep, for oceangoing ships can sail more than two thousand miles.

8. The Amazon River is located in South America, and is one of the longest rivers in the world.
The Amazon begins in Peru, and it flows across Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean.
Of all the rivers in the world, this river carries the most water and drains about one fifth of the earth’s fresh water.
The Amazon is actually a network of several rivers, but most people think of these combined rivers as only one river.
These rivers drain the largest rainy area in the world, and during the flood season, the main river often overflows its banks.

9. The Amazon River is located in South America, and is one of the longest rivers in the world.
The Amazon begins in Peru, and it flows across Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean.
Of all the rivers in the world, this river carries the most water and drains about the one fifth of the earth’s fresh water.
The Amazon is actually a network of several rivers, but most people think of these combined rivers as only one river.
These rivers drain the largest rainy area in the world, and during the flood season, the main river often overflows its banks.