Preposition is a word that relates two other words in a sentence. Prepositions show a relationship between one word and the noun that follows. Common prepositions include about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, ahead, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, but, by, concerning, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, with, within, without. Prepositions are used to form prepositional phrases which consist

1. Preposition
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Mods 5-7

2. Preposition
• Preposition is a word that
relates two other words in
the sentence.
• Preposition show a
relationship between one
word in the sentence and
the noun that follows the
preposition.

3. Common Preposition
About Aside
A-
Above According
Across Apart
After Away
Against As
Along
Along the sidewalk, an old was walking his
Among dog.
Around Among all the people, the girl stood out because
At she was different.
Ahead

4. Common Preposition
B-C Before
But is very seldom a prepositions.
Behind When it is use as a preposition, but
Below means the same as except.
Beneath
Preposition
Beside Everyone loves that car, but
Between Kristy.
But
By
Concerning

5. Common Prepositions
Despite
D-L
Down
Be careful For can be use as a
During coordination conjunction
Except
For
From
In
Inside
Into
Like

6. Common Prepositions
N-P Near
Of
Off
On
Near the door, there was a broken computer.
Onto
Out
Outside
Over
Past

7. Common Prepositions
S-T Since
Through
Throughout
Till
To
Toward
Throughout the day, she was sleeping.

8. Common Prepositions
U-W Under
Underneath
Until
Up
With
Within
Without

9. Two and Three Word Prepositions
According to
Because of
In addition to
In back of
In front of
In place of
In spite of
Instead of
Next to

10. Examples
Chi is sitting in the rain.
The umbrella is over
Chi’s head.
Chi is outside the
house.

11. Prepositional Phrase
Understand how to form a
prepositional phrase,
Preposition + optional modifier + noun
Examples
 at home - at (preposition) home (noun)
 under the sink – under (preposition) the (modifier) sink
(noun)

12. Examples
•Chi is a computer according to the book.
•In spite of the fact that Chi is a computer,
she has emotions.
•Because of Chi’s emotions, she is almost
human.

13. Warning
A preposition always comes at the
beginning of a Prepositional phrase
which ends with a noun.
Some of the words cited as
prepositions here can be used
as adverbs.

14. Be Careful
But and For usually functions as a
coordination conjunction.
Examples as coordination conjunction
 Nicky, my friend, loves to design clothes but hates
sewing clothes.
 Sissy hates to cry in front of people, for it makes her feel
weak.

15. Be Careful
Some preposition also function as
subordinate conjunctions
Preposition
 After
 As
 Before
 Since
 Until
Subordinate conjunction have both a
subject and a verb following it.

16. Example of subordinate conjunctions
Before I walked away...
Before=subordinate conjunction
I=subject
Walked=verb
If you have a noun following one of the
preposition, then it is a prepositional phrase.

18. Good Luck