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Preposition PowerPoint . The Preposition. Preposition Three ways a preposition is found – location , timing, and direction. Location (On, under, in) Timing (Before, after, during) Direction (From, towards, to). - shows relationship between two nouns . Examples of Prepositions.
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The Preposition Preposition Three ways a preposition is found – location, timing, and direction. • Location (On, under, in) • Timing (Before, after, during) • Direction (From, towards, to) -showsrelationship between two nouns
Examples of Prepositions “He is sitting on the stool. Two things: he + stool Relationship: one is sitting on the other. The pencil is in my hand. Two things: pencil + hand Relationship: one is in the other
Practice The cow jumped over the fence. Over Two things: cow + fence Relationship: one jumped over the other Phil turned off the light. Off Two things: Phil + light Relationship: one turned off the other
Prepositional Phrases These are prepositional phrases: • off the light • over the fence • on the stool Prepositional phrases start with a preposition and end with the object of the preposition.
What’s a Prepositional Phase • Object of a prep: • Must be a noun or pronoun • always comes at the end of a prepositional phase. He turned off the light. The prepositional phrase is: off the light Object of the preposition Preposition
Practice Directions: Find the prepositional phrases then name the preposition and the object. I sat on the desk. Prepositional phrase: on the desk Preposition: on Object: desk
More practice I put the poster on the wall. Prepositional phrase: on the wall Preposition: on Object: wall
Review A preposition is… A part of speech that show relation between two nouns A prepositional phrase is… A phrase that starts with a preposition and ends with a object of a preposition. An object of a preposition is… a noun or pronoun