Pride and Prepositions

1. Pride and Prepositions That timeless literary masterpiece…

2. Begin by… • …thinking of prepositions as anything a rabbit can do to a fence. He can be… • under it • over it • on it • beside it

3. to for because of of into in according to except There are many prepositions that don’t fit this criteria:

4. But it’s a fine place to start Pride & Prepositions By Mr. Bewley

5. Prepositions are literally words that connect a NOUN to some other word in a sentence. Vague enough for you?

6. He went to the store. A preposition will NEVER occur alone. It will always be part of a prepositional phrase. For example, “to the store.” STORE is the noun being linked to the sentence with the preposition “to.”

7. We call the noun the object of the preposition to the store A prepositional phrase will Always begin with a preposition (the thrower) and end with a noun (the catcher). It includes all the words in between. If the baseball flew over it, it’s part of the prepositional phrase.

8. Once again, please… He went to the store. • Which word is the preposition? • Which word is the object of the preposition? • What is the entire prepositional phrase?

9. Caution! “To” is not always a preposition. It depends on how it is used… Try to think of a sentence where “to” is not followed by a noun.

10. She likes to watch movies. There are very few things in life that are sure things - but a preposition will never be followed by a verb.

11. Let’s try some… Identify the prepositional phrases: • The dog hid under the bed. • A tree fell on the roof. • Everyone went to the party. • We sailed into a rainstorm. • She stayed at home.

12. You’re on your way!