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Prepositions Notes

• Prepositions are function words. They connect to a noun or a pronoun.

• A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. This noun or pronoun is called the object of the preposition. There is no such thing as a stand alone preposition!

• To + a verb is NOT a preposition. This is called an infinitive. Never cross out an infinitive. You can place infinitives in parentheses.

Steps:

1 .Cross out any prepositional phrases FIRST

2. Next, to find the subject  - ask who or what is the sentence about? Watch out for imperative sentences that give a command -emptied subject: you

3. Last, to find the verb  - ask the subject doing in the sentence?

a.A verb phrase is composed of more than one verb - at least one helping verb, plus a main verb.

b.The word NOT or N'T is never a verb. Do not underline it as part of the verb. Put NOT or N'T in a box.

Preposition Song

(To the tune of Yankee Doodle)

about

above

across

after

along

among

around

at

before

beside

between

against

within

without

beneath

through

during

under

in

into

over

------- (halfway point)

of

off

to

toward

up

on

near

for

from

except

by

with

behind

below

down

INSIDE    OUT   PAST   THROUGH

THROUGHOUT   UNTIL   OUTSIDE