Example of a Prepositions Poster

Prepositions Notes

A preposition is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence. 

The boy by the window is a dork.

The word by in the sentence above is a preposition.  By shows the relationship of the word boy to the nounwindow.

Here are some (45) commonly used prepositions:

about	before	during	off	to
above	behind	for	on	toward
across	below	from	onto	under
after	beneath	in	out	until
against	beside	inside	outside	up
along	between	into	over	upon
among	beyond	like	since	with
around	by	near	through	within
at	down	of	throughout	without

But wait, it gets even more complicated!  Some prepositions consist of more than one word…..uhg!           

Kate likes Sawyer instead of Jack!

Here are some (12) common compound prepositions:

according to	aside from	in front of	instead of
across from	because of	in place of	on account of
along with	far from	in spite of	on top of

Now…the moment you’ve been waiting for…..the REALLY tricky part: prepositional phrases!

A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun in the headword position, called the object of the preposition.  Prepositional phrases, as a whole unit, act like either an adjective or an adverb…..ai carumba!  The following three sentences each have two prepositional phrases.

The painting near you is by a Brazilian artist.

The dog across the street ran in front of the car.

The dork in front of you is really into grammar exercises.

Quick practice for identifying prepositions

 prepositions quiz: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/preps/ex1.htm

Cool explanation of prepositions here:  http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm

Bigger prepositions quiz:  http://lessons.englishgrammar101.com/EnglishGrammar101/Module1/Lesson1-40.aspx

Another one:

http://lessons.englishgrammar101.com/EnglishGrammar101/Module1/Lesson1-41.aspx


And another one:

http://lessons.englishgrammar101.com/EnglishGrammar101/Module1/Lesson1-42.aspx

Hope your vacation was wonderful!

When you get back, your prepositions poster will be due.  Look at the example posted below.

Tomorrow in class, we will review the posters, the prepositions song, and yes, more prepositions exercises.

How to get out of the prepositions part of the quiz

If you can recite the following song to me, verbatim, a day before the quiz, you get an automatic 100 on it...although you will still have to take the verbs portion.

The Mighty Prepositions Song

Sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy”

Aboard, about, above, across

Against, along, around

As, among, after, at, out

Except, for, during, down

Behind, below, beneath, beside

Between, before, beyond

By, over, of, in, from, off, on

Until, unto, upon

Under, underneath, up, since,

Like, near, past, through, throughout,

With, within, instead of, without,

To, into, toward, inside!

                                   

(and now for some compound prepositions!)

Because of, according to

In addition to…

Instead of, in back/front of

On top of, out of, next to!

The two things that you have to know

 About prepositional phrases:

First, they never roam alone;

Objects always follow close behind them-

Which of course are nouns or pronouns

Without those, preps are adverbs.

The second thing with these phrases -

they act as adverbs or adjectives!

Prepositions Song - Schoolhouse Rock

Today in class

Today we went over what a preposition is, what is a prepositional phrase, and how to spot them.  See below for the notes on the board.  You have a few things to do to practice before the quiz.

Homework:

Preposition Poster:  15-16 boxes, all full-color, each with a sentence that has a different prepositional phrase, which is underlined.  See the example below.  Due FRIDAY for EVERYONE

Exercise #1:  Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see.  The exercise is on the back of your Prepositions Song.  Due Thursday (Friday for periods 1 and 3)

Second Exercise:  Circle all of the prepositional phrases you see.  Due Friday (Monday for periods 1 and 3)

Prepositions Quiz: It will be just like exercise 1, where you have to circle the correct prepositional phrases.  MONDAY.

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

A preposition is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence.

The boy by the window is a dork.

The word by in the sentence above is a preposition.  By shows the relationship of the word boy to the noun window.

Here are some (45) commonly used prepositions:

about	before	during	off	to
above	behind	for	on	toward
across	below	from	onto	under
after	beneath	in	out	until
against	beside	inside	outside	up
along	between	into	over	upon
among	beyond	like	since	with
around	by	near	through	within
at	down	of	throughout	without

But wait, it gets even more complicated!  Some prepositions consist of more than one word…..uhg!           

Kate likes Sawyer instead of Jack!

Here are some (12) common compound prepositions:

according to	aside from	in front of	instead of
across from	because of	in place of	on account of
along with	far from	in spite of	on top of

Now…the moment you’ve been waiting for…..the REALLY tricky part: prepositional phrases!

A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun in the headword position, called the object of the preposition.  Prepositional phrases, as a whole unit, act like either an adjective or an adverb…..ai carumba!  The following three sentences each have two prepositional phrases.

The painting near you is by a Brazilian artist.

The dog across the street ran in front of the car.

The dork in front of you is really into grammar exercises.

The Mighty Prepositions Song

The Mighty Prepositions Song (version 3.0)

Sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy”

Aboard, about, above, across

Against, along, around

As, among, after, at, out

Except, for, during, down

Behind, below, beneath, beside

Between, before, beyond

By, over, of, in, from, off, on

Until, unto, upon

Under, underneath, up, since,

Like, near, past, through, throughout,

With, within, along with, without,

To, into, toward, inside!

                                   

Because of, according to

In addition to…

Instead of, in back/front of

On top of, out of, next to!

The two things that you have to know

 About prepositional phrases:

First, they never roam alone;

Objects are always close behind them-

And objects are of course

nouns or pronouns

Without ‘em, those preps are just adverbs

So be careful to look out for them!

The second thing about these phrases -

You really need to know this:

The whole darn phrase acts like a single thing -

like either an adverb or adjective!

Copyright Dan Stowell, 2011

Prepositions

More on adverbs and adjectives

Today we took the assessments on our adverb and adjective knowledge! Your grades should be in Powerschool later tonight. Also, at the end of class, Mr. Stowell gave a stunning rendition to "The Mighty Prepositions Song". If you would like to memorize it, the lyrics are below. So far, only one kid from our pod has memorized it!

Homework: None.

How to get out of the upcoming prepositions quiz

Happy vacation!  Man, it's been a great week for me - I've been having fun catching up on projects and acting my heart out!  I hope your vacation has been restful and fun for you as well!

Below is the prepositions song.  The first ten people who can successfully memorize the song and sing it to me, once we get back on Monday, will get an automatic 100 on the next grammar quiz, which of course, is on prepositions!

The Mighty Prepositions Song

Sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy”

Aboard, about, above, across

Against, along, around

As, among, after, at, out

Except, for, during, down

Behind, below, beneath, beside

Between, before, beyond

By, over, of, in, from, off, on

Until, unto, upon

Under, underneath, up, since,

Like, near, past, through, throughout,

With, within, instead of, without,

To, into, toward, inside!

                                   

(and now for some compound prepositions!)

Because of, according to

In addition to…

Instead of, in back/front of

On top of, out of, next to!

The two things that you have to know

 About prepositional phrases:

First, they never roam alone;

Objects always follow close behind them-

Which of course are nouns or pronouns

Without those, preps are adverbs.

The second thing with these phrases -

they act as adverbs or adjectives!