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
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!
