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Prepositions. Relationships between nouns and another object. Definition. A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun to another word. It can be a noun or a pronoun The noun/pronoun is called the ‘object of the preposition’. Compound Prepositions .
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Prepositions Relationships between nouns and another object
Definition A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun to another word. It can be a noun or a pronoun The noun/pronoun is called the ‘object of the preposition’
Compound Prepositions A preposition that consists of two or more words is called a compound preposition.
Example • Example sentence using a compound preposition: • The baseball game was cancelled because of rain. • Who is sitting in front of you?
Preposition or Adverb? • To be sure that a word is used as a preposition, it must relate to a noun or pronoun to another word. • Look at the following examples: • The race car fell behind. • Jason’s pet cat fell behind the couch.
Identify Prepositions Last week, my science class went on a field trip to the Natural Science Museum, 120 miles south of Oxford, where we go to school. Mr. Graham, our teacher, wanted us to practice naming the different trees outside of the classroom.
Everyone was signed up to watch the iMax film on amphibians during the trip. We first went to the museum exhibit about dinosaurs and we saw colorful posters and 3D exhibits of carnivorous dinosaurs. John, Kim, and Christy ran around the museum and Mike fell in the alligator tank.
Besides the museum, we also went to the mall, located in north Jackson near County Line Road. Later, we decided to go to Keifers, an awesome restaurant that began in the late 1970s. Before we returned home, our teachers told us not to act crazy or run into the street.
We walked around the different stores and then went to the parking lot. While in the parking lot, a large car drove up and four men got out. Two of the men had baseball bats in their hands and the other two had MP5 submachine guns.
“Give us your money! Put the money in the bag!” the men screamed. “Just don’t hurt us,” replied Maria. “You can have our money. And you can have her.” Maria turned around and pointed at Amayrani. On the way back home, we did not have much money, but we were glad that the ride up I-55 was very quiet.
15. Let us be thankful that we returned to Oxford alive. And always remember…ummm. What was the name of the girl that we left in Jackson?
Choose an appropriate preposition for the blank Teachers are large, white or black, strange creatures that live _____ school. People who go ____ class with these creatures are very bored and sad folk. Using small, specially built devices called pencils and a number ___ books made ____ paper, the pupils sadly go to class.
Going to school __ the United States has been practiced only ___ the last two centuries. Even though the United States is very rich, the schools are ____ other countries when it comes to math and science. To study science, students place the books ___ their desks and use them as pillows. _____ sleeping in class, they pay a lot ___ money ___ other people ___ other countries to do the work for them.
If the students are lucky, the teachers will enter the classroom ____ the window. When a thunderstorm comes, the students hope a tornado will come down and suck the teacher out ____ the room. Another type ___ teacher is the coach. This type ___ teacher mainly sleeps ___ class, pushes food ___ his mouth, and talks ____ sports or something else the students think is boring.
Students do not like the grumpy type of teacher. This type of animal screams __ students ____ the room. “SHUT UP! ___ I call your parents!” These types of creatures throw paper ___ the room, let cute girls text ___ their phones, and lose your homework ___ large piles of paper. The mean teacher is disliked as well. This animal is mean because children talk __ class. The more the students talk, the crazier the teacher gets ____ the teacher snaps and throws a student ___ the window.
