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A Student Guide: Prepositions

This document provides an overview of prepositions. It discusses what prepositions are, identifies the main types (place, time, direction), and provides examples of each. Additional tips are given on using prepositions correctly based on number dimensions (point, surface, area/volume) and whether they indicate a point in time or extended time period. Proper use of prepositions is important for modifying verbs, nouns, adjectives, and expressing spatial and temporal relationships in a sentence.

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A Student Guide: Prepositions

This document provides an overview of prepositions. It discusses what prepositions are, identifies the main types (place, time, direction), and provides examples of each. Additional tips are given on using prepositions correctly based on number dimensions (point, surface, area/volume) and whether they indicate a point in time or extended time period. Proper use of prepositions is important for modifying verbs, nouns, adjectives, and expressing spatial and temporal relationships in a sentence.

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A Student Guide

Prepositions
by: Ms. Carol Poblete
Topic
Overview
Discuss what prepositons are
Identify the different types of
prepositions
Additional Tips on Using
Prepositions
What are
Prepositions
A Brief Introduction
Prepositions function within

What are
phrases to modify main
verbs, nouns, or adjectives.

Prepositions? They also express spatial and


temporal* relationships
between parts of a sentence.

temporal = relating to time


spatial = relating to or occupying space
What are
Prepositions?
Types of Prepositions of PLACE

Prepositions of TIME

Prepositions Prepositions of DIRECTION


Prepositions PREPOSITIONS THAT
of PLACE SHOW WHERE
SOMETHING HAPPENS.
(or location)
EXAMPLES:
Sanny was sitting under a tree.
There’s a wooden floor
underneath the carpet.
Prepositions Some geese flew over their

of PLACE house.
John and Sarah were hiding

(or location) inside the wardrobe.


There was a tree beside the
river.
I have a friend who lives in
America.
SOME PREPOSITIONS
SHOW WHEN SOMETHING Prepositions
of TIME
HAPPENS. THEY ARE
CALLED PREPOSITIONS OF
TIME.
EXAMPLE:
School starts at nine o’clock.
We’re going to the zoo on
Saturday.
I visited my grandparents
during the summer.
Prepositions
You must finish the work by
Friday.
of TIME
I’ll do my homework before
dinner.
SOME PREPOSITIONS
Prepositions SHOW WHERE

of
SOMETHING IS GOING.
THEY ARE CALLED

DIRECTION PREPOSITIONS OF
DIRECTION.
EXAMPLE:
The boys chased after

Prepositions
each other.
The football rolled

of down the hill.


A man was walking his
DIRECTION dog along the
riverbank.
The freeway goes right
through the city.
FOR LOCATION
PREPOSITIONS (IN, ON, AT)
PREPOSITIONS DIFFER

Some Rules ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER


OF DIMENSIONS THEY REFER

on Using TO. WE CAN GROUP THEM INTO


THREE CLASSES USING
Prepositions CONCEPTS FROM GEOMETRY:
POINT, SURFACE, AND
AREA/VOLUME.
Prepositions in this group
indicate that the noun
FOR that follows them is

POINTING treated as a point in


relation to which another

(IN, ON, object is positioned. 

AT, EXAMPLE:

INSIDE) They will meet in the


lunchroom.
Prepositions in this group
indicate that the position

FOR of an object is defined


with respect to a surface

SURFACES on which it rests.

(USING EXAMPLE:

The books are on the table.


ON) The rice is on the plate.
WHEN TO USE TO, ONTO
AND INTO
These prepositions express

Other movement toward


something.  To, into, and onto
Usages of correspond respectively to

Prepositions the prepositions of location


at, in, and on. Each pair can
be defined by the same
spatial relations of point,
line/surface, or area/volume.
Prepositions also express
how objects relate
temporally. Prepositions
can express a point in time
Other or an extended time.

Usages of
a. On, at, and in are each
used to express similar

Prepositions relations as their spatial


counterparts.
b. Since, by, for, and from-
to are used to express
extended time.
A PREPOSITION AND ITS
NOUN OR PRONOUN
OBJECT ARE REFERRED TO
AS PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASE. Prepositional
EXAMPLE: Phrases
In May, my parents took a
trip with my aunt.
A Student Guide

Prepositions
by: Ms. Carol Poblete

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