1. Prepositions BY JAIDAN PHILLIPS AND CHRISTOPHER GREESON

2. What is a Preposition?  A preposition sits before a noun, to show the noun's relationship to another word in the sentence.  Some examples are:  in  on  at  around  above  near  underneath  of  from

3. Prepositions in Sentences  The jet soared above the clouds.  The cavern was underneath a temple.  Hot rocks are used for spas.  James jumped on the boat.  Laura escaped from prison.  The party's at Larry's house.

4. Compound Prepositions  Compound prepositions are prepositions that are composed of multiple words. Some examples are:  according to  apart from  in accordance with  with regard to  due to  because of  causes of

5. Compound Prepositions In Sentences  The boy wasn't going to college because of bad grade  According to the rules, Tim had to get written up.  Due to budget cuts, Jaidan and Keagan's PowerPoint couldn't be made.  The man ate the entire burger apart from the pickles.

6. Prepositional Phrases  A group of words that contains of preposition, a noun or pronoun object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the project.

7. Prepositional Phrases In Sentences  The sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are rotten.  Before class, Josh begged his friends for a pencil.  Larry was near the plane crash area.  John came from school early.

8. The End  We'll discuss our hand out now.

9. Citations  Houghton-Mifflin Language Arts Book  Advanced English Grammar.com  Grammar Bytes.com