Prepositions
1. A preposition is a word that shows a relationship between a ______________
(person/place/thing) or ______________ (he/she/we) and some other word in the sentence.
Common Prepositions
aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
around
as
at
atop
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
by
despite
down
during
except
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
See page 109 in Elements of Language textbook for additional prepositions, including compound prepositions.
2. A prepositional phrase always begins with a ________________ and ends with a
______________ or ________________.
3. Write three sentences using the prepositional phrases in the presentation.
a.
b.
c.
4. The ________________ of the preposition is the noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional
phrase. (circle in the example sentences above)
5. A preposition can show the relationship between two objects through ________________,
____________________, and _____________________.
Prepositions as adjectives and adverbs
6. Prepositional phrases can function as modifiers called _____________ and ______________.
7. _____________ _____________ (two words) modify nouns and pronouns.
8. These phrases answer the questions:
a. ________________________
b. ________________________
c. ________________________
9. _____________ _____________ (two words) modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
10. These phrases answer the questions:
a. ________________________
b. ________________________
c. ________________________
11. If there is no object of the preposition then the word is not a preposition it is an ____________.
12. What rule is there regarding prepositional phrases and subjects and verbs? Restate the rule.
Prepositional Phrases in The Westing Game.
Highlight ten prepositional phrases from The Westing Game on pages 3-4. Use the bracketed
paragraphs as a guide. Then tell whether each phrase is an adjective or an adverb phrase.
Sentence:
Phrase:
Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
2 Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
3 Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
4 Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
5 Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
6 Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
7 Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
8 Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
9 Preposition:
Circle type:
Sentence:
# Phrase:
10 Preposition:
Circle type:
#
1
Object:
ADJECTIVE
or
ADJECTIVE
or
ADJECTIVE
or
ADJECTIVE
or
ADJECTIVE
or
ADJECTIVE
or
ADVERB
Object:
ADVERB
Object:
ADVERB
Object:
ADVERB
Object:
ADVERB
Object:
ADVERB
Object:
ADJECTIVE
or
ADVERB
Object:
ADJECTIVE
or
ADVERB
Object:
ADJECTIVE
or
ADVERB
Object:
ADJECTIVE
or
ADVERB