Prepositions

1. Prepositions Directions: Click the left mouse button to move from slide to slide. There are 6 slides in this presentation.

2. Prepositions Connect Ideas Show Relation Between Ideas Slide 1 of 6

3. Connect Ideas • A preposition is a word that connects a noun or pronoun with some other word in a sentence. Example: The colors of our flag are red, white, and blue. (The preposition ofrelates flag to colors.) Slide 2 of 6

4. Show Relation Between Ideas A preposition may show: • DIRECTION: toward, behind, from, around Example: She ran toward the door. • TIME: before, after, during, while Example: She will come backafter lunch. • POSITION: on, under, over, inside Example: He left them on the desk. • CAUSE: due to, on account of, because of Example: It was due to his carelessness. Slide 3 of 6

5. Some Common Prepositions about below in through above beneath inside to across beside into toward after between like under against beyond near underneath along by of until among down off up around during on upon at except out with before for outside within behind from over without Slide 4 of 6

6. Prepositional Phrases • The word preposition comes from the Latin pre meaning “before” and posit meaning “to place”. • The preposition is placed before a noun or pronoun which is called the object of the preposition. • The preposition and the object of the preposition together are called a prepositional phrase. Example: A list ofcandidates was posted. Slide 5 of 6 PowerPoint ~ C.Cunningham ~ EAP 0380/0480

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