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

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

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

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

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 Preposition + optional modifier + noun
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
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