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
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
