1. Prepositions

2. Prepositions connect a noun or pronoun object with another word in the sentence.

3. Prepositions Showing Location
above
across
against
along
among
around at
behind
below
beside
between
beyond by
down
from in

4. More Location Preps past inside through into to near toward off under
out
outside
over
past
through to
toward
under
underneath up
within

5. Prepositions Showing Time
after as
before
during
since
until

6. Other Prepositions about despite except for like of per than with
without

7. Prepositional Phrase
a prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
a prepositional phrase is never the subject or the verb of a sentence

8. Examples After school we walked to the library.V
After school we walked to the library.
Mary sits behind you in science class.
Down the road galloped the horse.
The plane flew above the clouds. S V V S S V

9. Practice, Practice, Practice
Jane lives across the street from me.
We went to the beach.
Some boys crawled under the car.
They stopped along the road for five minutes.
During skiing season our family went to a lodge for a weekend.

10. Even More Practice
The cars travel below the river and through the tunnel.
The telephone rang in the middle of the night.
Below the sink is the garbage can.
Everyone except Mary left by noon.
Outside the building the cats and dogs played.

11. Homework
The plane flew ________ the clouds.
You are to illustrate eight (8) different pictures, with eight different prepositions, showing the connection between the plane and the clouds.

12. The plane flew around the clouds.

13. The plane flew between the clouds.