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    Prepositions are words that show relationships between other words in a sentence, such as direction, place, time, cause, and manner. A preposition always goes before a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition, forming a prepositional phrase. Prepositions can connect nouns, pronouns, gerund phrases, noun phrases, and noun clauses to other words in a sentence.

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    Prepositions are words that show relationships between other words in a sentence, such as direction, place, time, cause, and manner. A preposition always goes before a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition, forming a prepositional phrase. Prepositions can connect nouns, pronouns, gerund phrases, noun phrases, and noun clauses to other words in a sentence.

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    Prepositions are words that show relationships between other words in a sentence, such as direction, place, time, cause, and manner. A preposition always goes before a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition, forming a prepositional phrase. Prepositions can connect nouns, pronouns, gerund phrases, noun phrases, and noun clauses to other words in a sentence.

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    PREPOSITIONS

    a word which shows relationships among other words in


    the sentence.

    .  The relationships include direction, place, time, cause,


    manner and amount. 
     
    1. He came by bus.
     by is a prep. which shows manner. 
     2. They will be here at three o'clock.
     at is a preposition which shows time 
     3. It is under the table.
     under is a preposition which shows place.
    A preposition always goes with a noun or pronoun which is called
    the object of the preposition. 

    . The preposition is almost always  before the noun or pronoun and


    that is why it is called a preposition

    The preposition and the object of the preposition together are


    called a prepositional phrase
    Object of the Prepositional
    Preposition
    Preposition Phrase
    to the store to the store
    by bus by bus
    at three o'clock at three o'clock
    under the table under the table
    FUNCTION OF PREPOSITIONS
    connect a noun structure to some other word in the
    sentence.
    1. Nouns: She has given the book to Tono.
    2. Pronouns: He bought a book for her.
    3. gerund phrase: I am looking forward to seeing
    you.
    4. Noun phrase: Tuti borrowed the book from the
    library.
    5. Noun clause: He showed the diamond ring to
    whoever might be a potential buyer.
    SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF PREPOSITIONAL FORMS

    1. Part of verb (verb-preposition combination)


    keep on (continue) ; get up (awake)
    2. As adverb (mostly of place and direction)
    He went down. (adverb)
    He went down the stairs. (preposition)
    )
    Some prepositions are also used as conjunction (mostly of time)

    I will see you after dinner is served.


    (conjunction)
    I will see you after dinner.
    (preposition)
    POSITIONS OF PREPOSITIONS
    1. Before its noun object.
    2. in final position.
    1. In a question
    Which house does he live in?
    2. In an adjective clause
    There is the house where he lines in.
    3. In a noun clause
    I don’t know which house he lives in.
    FORMS OF PREPOSITIONALS

    1. one part/word: of, on, at, in, by, etc.


    2. two parts: because of, according to, apart from,
    as for, etc.
    3. three parts: by means of, with reference to, on
    account of, in regard to, etc.
    PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
    - Functions
     Adverbial: sit under a tree, leave at nine o’clock,
     Adjectival: the subway under the street, the meeting at nine
    o’clock,
     nominal: dispose of the goods, wait for John,
    Positions of PP
     an adjectival PP appears after the noun it
    modifies. (the students in the back row)
     A nominal PP appears after the verb. (listen
    to your parents)
     A nominal PP may appear in initial, mid, or
    final position.
    POP QUIZ

    1)  Which does a preposition come before? 


    a. Verb or adverb
    b. noun or pronoun 
    c. Conjunction
    d. adjective
    2)  A prepositional phrase contains
    a preposition and ......
    a. direction 
    b. Place
     c. time 
    d. object
    3)  Which is not correct? 
    a. in February 
    b. on 5:00 o'clock 
    c. at my house 
    d. near me 
    4)  Which is not correct? 
    a. in June 3, 2014 
    b.in a box 
    c. at home 
    d.on Saturday 
    Which is not correct? 
    a. at California 
    b.under the rug 
    c. at noon 
    d.in a day 
    Which is not correct?
    a. in a minute 
    b.in October 
    c. in the table 
    d.In the floor
    7)  Which is a preposition? 
    All the students in the class learned many new things
    a. all 
    b. in 
    c. class 
    d. many 
    e. things 
    8)  Which is not a preposition? 
    The man at the bar has a lot of money in his pocket
    a. At
    b. Has
    c. Of
    d. In
      9)How many prepositions are in the sentence:
     I will go to Utah next week if I have enough time and money. 

    1 2 3 4
    10) How many prepositions are in the sentence: 
    The student in the first row near the window got an A on
    the test. 

     1 2 3 4

     
    NOTE:
    A word that looks like a preposition but is actually part of a verb is called a particle
    DIFFERENT / THE SAME ??

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