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Prepositions: Parts of Speech

Prepositions show spatial and temporal relationships between words. They indicate location in time or space, such as "on the bed" or "after class." Prepositions also show relationships between nouns, like "the sugar for the cake." Common prepositions include words like "about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, as, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, for, from, in, inside, into, near, of, off, on, onto, outside, over, past, since, than, through, to, toward, under, until, up, upon, with, within, and without."

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Prepositions: Parts of Speech

Prepositions show spatial and temporal relationships between words. They indicate location in time or space, such as "on the bed" or "after class." Prepositions also show relationships between nouns, like "the sugar for the cake." Common prepositions include words like "about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, as, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, for, from, in, inside, into, near, of, off, on, onto, outside, over, past, since, than, through, to, toward, under, until, up, upon, with, within, and without."

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Prepositions

Parts of Speech
What Are Prepositions?
Prepositions show location in time or space.
They also show relationships between nouns.

Examples

The cat was on the bed.


Do your homework after class not during.
Get the paper with the lines.
Showing Spatial Location
Prepositions describe locations in space.

Move your notebook around your desk.

Is it under, over, inside, behind, alongside?

Words describing your notebook in


relation to the desk are prepositions.
Showing Chronological Location
Prepositions describe locations in terms of
time.

When is reading class in relation to math?

Is it before, after, or during?

Words showing time relations are


prepositions.
Showing Relationships
Prepositions show relationships.

Examples

She goes with that boy.


This is the sugar for the cake.
The football belongs to Mr. Dillard.
List of Prepositions
about, above, across, after, against, along,
among, around, as, at, before, behind,
below, beneath, beside, between, beyond,
by, down, during, for, from, in, inside, into,
near, of, off, on, onto, outside, over, past,
since, than, through, to, toward, under,
until, up, upon, with, within, and without.
Practice
1. Write the sentences.
2. Circle each prepositions.
1
He was bitten by the dog with the red collar.
2
Take the fire escape on the side of the
building.
3
He brushed his hair with the brush from the
dollar store.
4
The robot with the mohawk gave the papers
to the student.
5
Before he released the balloons up into the
air, he took a picture with them.

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