1. A brief overview for honors
Prepositions
A brief overview for honors

2. What are Direct Objects?
Noun(s) that come after the verb
Answer the question who? Or what?
WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES DO NOT HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT???
I looked up.
George grabbed his cellphone.
Chino shot Tony.
Beverly asked for a large milkshake.

3. OBJECTS REVIEW Miss Pap corrected the papers. Kiro scored a goal.
Leon borrowed a pencil.
Alize bit the sandwich.
Josh sang a song.

4. More examples Betty grabbed her friend’s sweater by accident.
Bobby gave his brother a pet snake.
Gina told Billy a joke.
The boys brought their mother their gym clothes.

5. What is a preposition?
A word that shows position, direction, or how two words/ideas are related to each other.
Which word below do you think is the preposition?
Raul hid under the stairs.

6. Examples of Prepositions
after against along amid among around as at atop after against along amid among around as at atop before behind below beneath beside between beyond by despite down during for from in inside into like near of off on onto out outside over past regarding round since than through throughout till to toward under unlike until up upon with within without

7. Prepositions Keep THEIR OWN Objects
Beverly asked for a large milkshake.
Subject?
Verb?
__________ who? Or what?
Preposition word
direction, position, relationship
Object of preposition?
Prepositional Phrase?

8. Every Preposition needs an Object!
Preps are greedy and clingy; they must have an object, or they are not prepositions.
Formula: Prep + Object of Prep = Prepositional Phrase
Here is a regular direct object
Greg answered the phone.
Here is an object of a preposition.
Greg answered the phone [in the kitchen].

9. More examples for clarification
Find the prepositional phrases.
1. I like tropical fish from the Caribbean Sea.
2. The newest playlist on my iPod is called “Christmas Tunes.”
3. We’ve been best friends since kindergarten.
4. The meatball rolled down the street into the neighbor’s front yard.

10. After school, the boys played a game of baseball at the park.
We hid our canoe in the bushes and set up camp by the river.
Candy signed her name on the line and passed the paper across the table.
Without any warning, the dog dashed to the door and barked loudly.
The storm caused the tree in our front yard to fall against the house.

11. Let’s Review Prepositions
Write whether the following examples contain prepositional phrases. If so, what are they?
I sat down.
Johnny looked out the window.
Devon jumped into the car.
Mike searched around.
Kim bought a puppy for her children.

12. Re-cap What’s in a prepositional phrase?
10 examples of prepositions are:

13. Find any Direct Objects. Then, find the Prepositional Phrases.
Bob and Mary walked to school.
Frank ate his entire cake at his birthday party.
Rihanna tripped on the stage and cried in front of the audience.
Allen gave a report about the causes of WWI.