Prepositions

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Prepositions
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Preposition

• Def connects a noun or pronoun to other words in
  the sentence
• Shows the relationship between them

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Examples

• About, above, across, after, against, along,
  among, around, at, before, behind, below,
  beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, down,
  during, except, for, from, in, inside, into,
  like, near, of, off, on, onto, opposite, out,
  outside, over, past, since, through, to, toward,
  under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within,
  without

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Examples

• We ran into the building.
• Into shows the relationship between ran and
  building
• The dog dug under the bush by the house.
• Under shows the relationship between dug and bush
• By shows the relationship between bush and house

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Object of the Preposition

• Def the noun or pronoun that follows the
  preposition

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Examples

• The surface of Mars is dry.
• of preposition
• Mars object of the preposition
• The car is in the driveway.
• in preposition
• driveway object of the preposition

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Prepositional Phrases

• Def the preposition followed by the object of
  the preposition
• May also include words that modify the noun

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Examples

• We played before a crowd.
• before preposition
• crowd object of the preposition
• Inside the house is where youll find my dog.
• inside preposition
• house object of the preposition