PREPOSITIONS GRAMMAR REVIEW 1 WHAT IS A PREPOSITION

PREPOSITIONS GRAMMAR REVIEW #1

WHAT IS A PREPOSITION? PREPOSITION A WORD THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN AND ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE

THINK!!!!! PREPOSTION = A WORD THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN AND ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE PIG = NOUN PUDDING = OTHER WORD The pig in the pudding… The pig next to the pudding… The pig under the pudding… The pig with the pudding…

EXAMPLES: PREPOSITIONS ABROAD ABOUT ABOVE ACROSS AFTER AGAINST ALONG AMONG AROUND AS AT BEFORE BEHIND BELOW BENEATH BESIDE BETWEEN BEYOND BUT (EXCEPT) BY DESPITE DOWN DURING EXCEPT FOR FROM IN INSIDE INTO LIKE NEAR OF OFF ON ONTO OPPOSITE OUTSIDE OVER PAST SINCE THROUGHOUT TILL TO TOWARD UNDERNEATH UNTIL UP UPON WITHIN WITHOUT

EXAMPLES: COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS ACCORDING TO AHEAD OF APART FROM AS OF ASIDE FROM BECAUSE OF BY MEANS OF IN ADDITION TO IN BACK OF IN FRONT OF IN PLACE OF IN SPITE OF INSTEAD OF IN VIEW OF NEXT TO ON ACCOUNT OF ON TOP OF OUT OF PRIOR TO

PREPOSITIONS MUST BE PART OF A PHRASE!!!!!

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES PHRASE = GROUP OF WORDS THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A SUBJECT AND A VERB PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = ALWAYS, ALWAYS BEGINS WITH PREPOSITION AND ENDS WITH A NOUN OR A PRONOUN

PREPSOTIONAL PHRASES v PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = BEGINS WITH A PREPOSITION AND ENDS WITH A NOUN/PRONOUN Ø throughout the meatloaf Ø among the chickens v NO LIMIT ON MODIFIERS!!!! Ø Ø under the leathery, large, yet amiable hippo apart from the rotten, moldy, smelly cheese

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES v You can have a COMPOUND OBJECT OF PREPOSITION ending a prepositional phrase! Ø Because Mookie is planning a trip to Maryland, Michigan, and Mars, he needs ninety-two pairs of socks. v ANY NUMBER OF PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES IN SENTENCE!!!! v PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES GO ANYWHERE IN SENTENCE!!

CAUTION!!!! CAUTION #1 “TO” IS NOT ALWAYS A PREPOSITION “TO” WITH A VERB = AN INFINITIVE IT IS HARD TO PLAY THE FIDDLE WHILE YOU TWIDDLE YOUR THUMBS.

CAUTION!!!! CAUTION #2 SOMETIMES A WORD CAN BE A PREPOSITION IN ONE SENTENCE AND AN ADVERB IN ANOTHER. ØADVERB = TELLS WHEN, WHERE, WHY, OR TO WHAT EXTENT ABOUT A VERB, ADJECTIVE, OR ANOTHER ADVERB ØREMEMBER: A PREPOSITION ALWAYS BEGINS A PHRASE THAT ENDS IN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN

CAUTION: ADVERBS VS. PREPOSITIONS ØEXAMPLE (preposition): The bee buzzed inside Vladimir’s ear. ØEXAMPLE (adverb): The bee buzzed inside. ØEXAMPLE(preposition): Ronald just fell off the turnip truck. ØEXAMPLE (adverb): Ronald fell off.