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By Wanda Lockwood Monterey Peninsula College En=
glish
& Study Skills
Center Monterey, CA
The word <=
b>Preposition tells you
its job:
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:125%'>• Pre- means
“before”
=
• position
means “put” or “placed”
• So-- pre=
position means “placed =
before”
A preposition is “placed before” a noun:
• a noun i=
s
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.71%'>• a per=
son (man,
Sarah),
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.71%'>• a pla=
ce
(mountain, San Diego)
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.71%'>• a thi=
ng
(table, Macy’s)
=
• an id=
ea or
feeling (hope, despair, anger)
Since a phrase is a “group of words,” a prepositional
phrase=
is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun
P=
reposition + =
(describing words ) + Noun
=
• at &nbs=
p; =
&n=
bsp; &nbs=
p;
noon
=
• in &nbs=
p; =
the &nbs=
p; =
bedroom
=
• on &nbs=
p;
the big round &nbs=
p;
table
=
• after &nbs=
p;
the birthday &nbs=
p;
celebration
=
• from &nbs=
p;
Sam’s &nbs=
p;
house
=
• because =
of &nbs=
p; =
&n=
bsp;
you
Prepositional
phrase:
Prepositional phrases do
three things:
=
• locate things in space
=
• locate things in time
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:183%'>• other
Many prepositional phrases locate things in space:
You are sitting on
a chair in the English Center
at a computer beside
other students who are&=
#13;
working at
computers and at the tables in
the
center between
the computers .=
3;
Prepositions that locat=
e us
in space:
=
• about<=
span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1;width:21.08%'>
=
• above<=
span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1;width:19.3%'>
=
• across=
=
• agains=
t
=
• along<=
span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1;width:21.08%'>
=
• apart =
from
=
• among&=
#13;
=
• around=
=
• at
=
;
=
• before=
=
• before=
=
• behind=
=
• below&=
#13;
=
• beneat=
h
=
• beside=
=
• betwee=
n
=
• beyond=
=
• by
=
• down &=
#13;
=
• from
• in
=
;
• in back
of
• in front
of
• in place
of
• inside&=
#13;
• into &#=
13;
• near=
3;
• next to=
• off =
3;
• on
More.
. . .
• onto=
3;
• on top =
of
• out =
3;
• out of&=
#13;
• outside=
• over=
3;
• past=
3;
• round&#=
13;
• through=
• to
=
• toward&=
#13;
=
• under&#=
13;
=
• underne=
ath
=
• up
=
=
• upon=
3;
=
• up to&#=
13;
=
• with=
3;
=
• within<=
/span>
The
Eskimo boy left his village and walked around
the mountain.
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